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Conversion of a grassland or an already arid land into a desert through indiscriminate human actions magnified by droughts. Such actions include overgrazing, repeated burning, intensive farming, and stripping of vegetation for firewood. See also deforestation.
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desertification is in the Environment & Pollution Control subject.
desertification appears in the definition of the following term: soil erosion
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