Bengbu is the central city of Northern Anhui Province in the Huai River Basin, China.No relevant research has yet discussed the geochemical baseline of heavy metals in topsoil of Bengbu. In this study, 139 topsoil samples were collected and analyzed for heavy metal content from different districts in Bengbu main urban area, and the methods of normalization and cumulative frequency distribution (CFD) were used to determine the geochemical baseline. The results showed that the mean baseline values of Cr,
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