Definition of Desertified

1. Verb. (past of desertify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Desertified

1. desertify [v] - See also: desertify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desertified

desert soil
desert soils
desert sore
desert sunflower
desert tortoise
desert varnish
desert willow
deserted
desertedness
deserter
deserters
desertful
desertic
desertic soil
desertification
desertified (current term)
desertifies
desertify
desertifying
deserting
desertion
desertions
desertland
desertlands
desertless
desertlessly
desertlike
desertness
deserts
deserty

Literary usage of Desertified

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Population and Food in the Early Twenty-First Century: Meeting Future Food by Nurul Islam (1995)
"... desertified (loss of up to 25 percent of the productive potential of the land), severely desertified (25 to 50 percent loss of productive potential), ..."

2. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Unfortunately, natural resource managers are not presently equipped to repair desertified lands. Current intervention technologies such as chemical and ..."

3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"The reestablishment of herbaceous ground cover under today's desertified mesa-top conditions is difficult. Heavy utilization of the current herbaceous ..."

4. Priorities for Forestry and Agroforestry Policy Research: Report on an by H. M. Gregersen, Peter Oram, John Spears (1992)
"More than 1.3 billion hectares have been degraded in the developing countries; many of those lands have become desertified. More than 300 million people are ..."

5. Environment, Water Resources and Agricultural Policies: Lessons from China by China Nong ye bu (2006)
"The newly desertified areas in the west account for 9% of the nation's territory. The volume of soil erosion in China totals 5 billion tonnes per year, ..."

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