Removal of loose, fine-grained particles by wind.
1Current trends mean that once-arable lands bordering the Sahara desert are experiencing serious wind erosion.
2Through a carefully controlled sequence, semi-desert lands planted first to grasses and then to shrubs and trees can be protected against wind erosion.
3By 2000, overgrazing, deforestation, wind erosion and drought meant nearly 90 percent of Duolun county was affected by desertification.
4Topsoil is lost through erosion-winderosion, water erosion, erosion through over cropping.
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