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Noun: desertification  di,sur-ti-fi'key-shun
  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"

Derived forms: desertifications

Type of: geologic process, geological process

Encyclopedia: Desertification