# desertification

> land degradation in which an area becomes a desert, losing its bodies of water, flora, and fauna, caused by climate change, overexploitation of soil, or other causes

**Wikidata**: [Q183481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183481)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/desertification


## References

1. [Nuovo soggettario](https://thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/termine.php?id=24866)
2. Nuovo soggettario
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. BBC Things
5. BabelNet
6. Quora
7. ASC Leiden Thesaurus dataset of 5 June 2018
8. National Library of Israel
9. KBpedia
10. GF WordNet
11. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)
12. [Source](https://news.un.org/en/story/2008/06/263092)
13. [Source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zctymnb/revision/5)
14. [Goal 15: Life on land](https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/15-life-on-land/)