Desertification is the term.
The southwestern states are mostly desert and semiarid land.
Assuming you are referring to the United States, the major desert areas are found in the following states:CaliforniaNevadaArizonaNew MexicoTexasUtahColoradoIn addition, there are some smaller areas of arid and semiarid land in a few other states.
Turkey has a lot of semiarid land but no true deserts.
Canada has no true deserts but does have some small areas of semiarid land.
South Dakota has some semiarid land but no true desert.
Canada has no true deserts. It does have some small areas of semiarid land such as the Carcross Desert in the Yukon, however.Canada has no true deserts. It does have some small areas of semiarid land such as the Carcross Desert in the Yukon, however.
The southwestern states are mostly desert and semiarid land including the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Colorado.
The southwestern United States has a lot of arid and semiarid land.
While Canada has large areas of semiarid grasslands, it has no true deserts. There is a small area ( one square mile) of semiarid land called the Car Cross Desert.
I assume you are referring to the United States. There are major desert areas in the following states:CaliforniaNevadaTexasArizonaNew MexicoColoradoUtahThere are also a few other states with small areas of arid and semiarid land.
The Desert Act was originally called the Desert Land Actand it was passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1877 to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands of the Western United States.
Because in desert is where factors that contribute to mass wasting are commonly found.eg powerfull winds, physicals weathering etc