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EUTROPHICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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