Water Glossary
Glossary activity is a great way to seek and build definitions, vocabulary and key concepts about water or anything else. Inserting multimedia and automatic links can be very valuable.
When you come across a specific term relating to water please put it in our glossary.
Please describe it IN YOUR OWN WORDS and INCLUDE AN EXAMPLE.
Also, do the right thing and acknowledge the source of information with a link.
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Algal bloomFast growth of algae that can be toxic and dangerous for an ecosystem. It is usually caused by chemical imbalance, particularly if there is lots of phosporus from things like fertilisers. Remember the colour of Orange River last year when the water was really low? If you have forgotten, here is a a photo from the Prospect Lake on the Orange River last summer. Disgusting hey
Algal Bloom Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom | ||
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