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desertification definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1974 the process of becoming desert (as from land mismanagement or climate change) • desertify transitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the process of making or becoming a desert.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on. A third of Africa is under threat of desertification.