Description : What is desertification?
Last Answer : Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas due to human activities and climate change, and is an important concept in environmental science and sustainability.
Last Answer : Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert due to natural or human factors, such as climate change or overgrazing, and is an important concept in environmental science and sustainability.
Last Answer : Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, often due to climate change, overgrazing, or deforestation, and is an important concept in environmental science and sustainability.
Description : World day to combat desertification and drought is observed on which date? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : What is desertification ?
Last Answer : Desertification is the fall of land in semi-arid and arid sub-humid areas. That is, the process of turning an area into a desert as a result of an increase in temperature is called desertification. It is mainly caused by human activities and climate diversity.
Description : Desertification is the result of a disaster ?
Last Answer : Desertification is the result of drought.
Description : What are the effects of Desertification?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : How did desertification influence the movement of African peoples?
Last Answer : Africa is a continent and is made up of many countries. You needto name a country.
Description : How does desertification affect people in west Africa?
Last Answer : its destroying land for farming and hard to slow down or evenstop!
Description : An engine of desertification
Last Answer : Ans. Drought
Description : Desertification can be checked by – (1) plugging gullies (2) checking over-grazing (3) contour ploughing (4) forming shelter belts
Last Answer : (2) checking over-grazing Explanation: Overgrazing is the major cause of desertification worldwide. Plants of semi-arid areas are adapted to being eaten by sparsely scattered, large, ... food and water availability. Such regular stock movement prevented overgrazing of the fragile plant cover.
Description : The process by which nutrient chemicals or contaminants are dissolved and carried away by water, or are moved into a lower layer of soil (a) mulching (b) desertification (c) incineration (d) leaching
Last Answer : (d) leaching
Description : Which one is a major environmental and safety hazard for the people in hilly areas in Tripura which can be considered as “cancer of hill slopes” a) Flood (b) Landslide (c) Earthquake (d) Desertification
Last Answer : (b) Landslide
Description : An extreme natural phenomenon capable of causing disaster leading to loss of lives or damage to property is known as- (a) Natural hazard (b) Hazard calculation (c) Desertification (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (a) Natural hazard
Description : Define Desertification
Last Answer : Desertification is a slow process of land degradation that leads to desert formation
Description : Careful management of water catchment areas results in A. more desertification B. more deforestation C. less waste of water D. more waste of water
Last Answer : C. less waste of water
Description : Which one of the change may occur due to desertification? a) decrease in atmospheric temperature b) increase in water holding capacity of soil c) increased chances of flood d)conversion of fertile land into a desert
Last Answer : d)conversion of fertile land into a desert
Description : The process by which nutrient chemicals or contaminants are dissolved and carried away by water, or are moved into a lower layer of soil a) Mulching b) Desertification c) Incineration d) Leaching
Last Answer : d) Leaching
Description : Which one of the following continents is at a greater risk of desertification ? (A) Africa (B) Asia (C) South America (D) North America
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : The World Day to Combat Desertification is observed every, year on : (1) 4th May (2) 17th June (3) 14th August (4) 3rd October
Last Answer : 17th June
Description : Desertification can be checked by (1) plugging gullies (2) checking over-grazing (3) contour ploughing (4) forming shelter belts
Last Answer : checking over-grazing