🌊eutrophication

Meaning

Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.

Example Sentences

Excess fertilizers lead to eutrophication in lakes.

Synonyms

nutrient pollution, algal bloom, water degradation

Antonyms

water purity, oligotrophy, clean ecosystem