turn into desert

Frequency: 6.06.2 per million words

to transform into a desert, often due to environmental change

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  • The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.
  • Over centuries, the once-fertile valley slowly turned into desert.
  • If we don't change our ways, this entire region could turn into a desert.
  • Vast areas of grassland have turned into desert due to climate change.
  • Scientists are studying the process of how fertile land turns into desert.
  • Without regular rainfall, even a lush garden can turn into a barren desert.
  • The documentary showed a thriving ecosystem that had tragically turned into a vast desert.
  • It is a global challenge to prevent more arable land from turning into desert.
  • The government has launched a project to stop the northern plains from turning into desert.
  • We watched in despair as our once green pastures began to turn into desert.