Definition(s)
A process of pollution that occurs when a lake or stream becomes over-rich in plant nutrient; as a consequence it becomes overgrown in algae and other aquatic plants. While decomposing the plants rob the water of oxygen and the lake, river or stream becomes lifeless. Nitrate fertilizers which drain from the fields, nutrients from animal wastes and human sewage are the primary causes of eutrophication. (Source: GEMET/WRIGHT)
Hierarchy
Broader: water pollution
In other languages
French
eutrophisation
Russian
эвтрофикация
Spanish
eutrofización
Chinese, Simplified
富营养化
Arabic
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