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DESERTIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
Example:
the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("desertification" is a kind of...):
geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)
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