Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun desertification

1 sense of desertification

Sense 1
desertification -- (the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China")
       => geological process, geologic process -- ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)