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Noun Concept

Categories: Environmental issues with population, Desertification, Paleoclimatology, Environmental soil science, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Geological Survey

desertification causes of desertification Countermeasures against desertification Desertfication desertified

The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land WordNet 3.0

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The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become arid. Wikipedia

Land degradation in which an area becomes a desert, losing its bodies of water, flora, and fauna, caused by climate change, overexploitation of soil, or other causes Wikidata

The development of desert conditions as a result of human activity or climatic changes. OmegaWiki

Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity. Wiktionary

Process by which a region becomes a desert. Wiktionary (translation)

The dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

IS A

geological process

land degradation

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature

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desertion

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