desertification

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

Similar words

drought sand deforestation ccd diversification depopulation wasteland abandonment desert aridization

Often followed by

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Word family

desertifications desertified desertifies desertify desertifying