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Question: Several causes of desertification are described in this prompt. There are many impacts to desertification on humans and on the environment as well. Which of the choices below is NOT a reason or a cause for desertification( wearing down land)? Graphics: Before and After images of a location in Africa. O There may be less animal and insect species in the area due to having fewer food options. O Overgrazing combined with less rain than normal can lead to desertified land. Soil may be altered so that it no longer absorbs as much water or nutrients. O Less natural plant cover means that the top soil can be blown away by wind.

Question: Several causes of desertification are described in this prompt. There are many impacts to desertification on humans and on the environment as well. Which of the choices below is NOT a reason or a cause for desertification( wearing down land)? Graphics: Before and After images of a location in Africa. O There may be less animal and insect species in the area due to having fewer food options. O Overgrazing combined with less rain than normal can lead to desertified land. Soil may be altered so that it no longer absorbs as much water or nutrients. O Less natural plant cover means that the top soil can be blown away by wind.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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NASA describes desertification as the wearing down of land that can have many causes. It is a reduction in land productivity that may not be reversible, meaning the land cannot support the same plant and animal life as it could in the past. Desertification is often caused by humans as they use the land to grow or harvest natural resources (such as crops, forest products or livestock) and the land becomes permanently altered as a result. Question: Several causes of desertification are described in this prompt. There are many impacts to desertification on humans and on the environment as well. Which of the choices below is NOT a reason or a cause for desertification( wearing down of land)? Graphics: Before and After images of a location in Africa. 6 Martin Brandt O There may be less animal and insect species in the area due to having fewer food options. Overgrazing combined with less rain than normal can lead to desertified land. Soil may be altered so that it no longer absorbs as much water or nutrients. O Less natural plant cover means that the top soil can be blown away by wind.
Transcribed Image Text:NASA describes desertification as the wearing down of land that can have many causes. It is a reduction in land productivity that may not be reversible, meaning the land cannot support the same plant and animal life as it could in the past. Desertification is often caused by humans as they use the land to grow or harvest natural resources (such as crops, forest products or livestock) and the land becomes permanently altered as a result. Question: Several causes of desertification are described in this prompt. There are many impacts to desertification on humans and on the environment as well. Which of the choices below is NOT a reason or a cause for desertification( wearing down of land)? Graphics: Before and After images of a location in Africa. 6 Martin Brandt O There may be less animal and insect species in the area due to having fewer food options. Overgrazing combined with less rain than normal can lead to desertified land. Soil may be altered so that it no longer absorbs as much water or nutrients. O Less natural plant cover means that the top soil can be blown away by wind.
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Dissertification is one kind of land degradation in the dry land regions in which fertile areas become gradually arid and biological productivity is declined due to natural or man-made processes.

 

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