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Concept: Desertification in the eagle vocabulary
| Concept URI | https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCH-desertification |
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| Preferred label | Desertification |
| Definition | Transition from vegetated land to desert conditions. It happens due to long-lasting lack of precipitation over the stretch of several years due to climate change or droughts, often in combination with human or animal impacts like salinization of the soil (due to bad irrigation management), cutting off water streams, overgrazing or deforestation. Like that, the surface loses continuously its vegetation cover and turns into bare and dry surface, often accompanied by aeolian sediments (sand and dust) that cover the surface. |
| Notation | LCH-desertification |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2023-11-29 |
| Accepted Date | 2023-11-29 |
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