| NOUN | process | eutrophication | 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 |
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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. | |
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| Example | "he argued that the controlling factor in eutrophication is not nitrate but phosphate" | |
| Broader | organic process, biological process | A process occurring in living organisms |
| Spanish | eutrofización | |
| Catalan | eutrofització | |
| Adjectives | eutrophic | (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication |
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