desertification

See also: désertification

English

Etymology

desert +‎ -ification (“process of becoming”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desertification (uncountable)

1. Process by which a geographic region becomes a desert. The change may result from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

Translations

process by which a region becomes a desert

• Catalan: desertificació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙漠化 (zh) (shāmòhuà)

• Finnish: aavikoituminen (fi)
• French: désertification (fr) f
• German: Desertifikation (de) f, fortschreitende Wüstenbildung f

• Hungarian: elsivatagosodás (hu)
• Malay: penggurunan, desertifikasi
• Occitan: desertificacion f
• Polish: pustynnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: desertificação (pt) f
• Spanish: desertificación (es) f