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Name: | desertification |
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Description: | Desertification is the process whereby vegetation is lost in an arid or semiarid region leaving the soil exposed so winds that can blow away the surface soils leaving dry, bare unprotected layers that harden and become infertile. This process is accelerated by drought, over grazing, overplanting and population pressures. |
Type: | Noun |
Term is: | | Term has: | | Term unit: | m2 | |