Eutrophication
What Eutrophication means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
The process in which fertilisers from agricultural runoff enter watercourses, depleting oxygen and harming aquatic life.
The process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (like nitrates from fertilizers), stimulating the growth of aquatic plant life and algae, which depletes dissolved oxygen.
The process where water bodies receive excess nutrients (often from agricultural fertilisers), causing algal blooms that deplete oxygen and kill marine life.
The process where excess nutrients (from fertilisers) enter water bodies, causing algal blooms that deplete oxygen and kill aquatic life.
Topics that use Eutrophication
- Resource management (AQA GCSE)
- A natural resource is any feature or part of the environment that can be used to meet human needs (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The patterns of the distribution and consumption of natural resources varies on a global and a national scale (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The UK's resource consumption and environmental sustainability challenge (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Abiotic Resource
- Biotic Resource
- Non-Renewable Resource
- Renewable Resource
- Agribusiness
- Carbon footprint
- Ecological footprint
- Economic viability
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