EUTROPHICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life

Example:

he argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("eutrophication" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

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