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Overworking the land without proper irrigation. people planted crops year after year without giving the land a break to regain the natural vitality, basically using up everything the land had before it could heal itself. They also cut down every tree to make buildings and houses and didn't replant them so that there weren't any natural blockers to keep the wind from tearing up the dirt. Until the government brought in scientists to figure out what happened the land was not usable.

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