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land degradation

land degradation noun: the decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition commonly caused by human activities.

Noun

land degradation (uncountable)

  1. The decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition commonly caused by human activities.

Questions about land degradation

What does land degradation mean?
Land degradation means the decline in the overall quality of soil, water or vegetation condition commonly caused by human activities.
What part of speech is land degradation?
Land degradation is a noun.

Words near land degradation in the dictionary

  1. land cress
  2. land cruiser
  3. land cruisers
  4. Land Day
  5. Land Dayak
  6. land degradation
  7. land diving
  8. land down
  9. land down under
  10. Land Dyak
  11. Land effect

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