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JSS3: BASIC SCIENCE - 1ST TERM
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Family Traits | Week 17 Topics|1 Quiz
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Environmental Hazards I - Soil Erosion | Week 23 Topics
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Environmental Hazards I - Flooding | Week 35 Topics|1 Quiz
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Environmental Hazards II - Bush Burning | Week 44 Topics
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Environmental Hazards II - Deforestation | Week 54 Topics|1 Quiz
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Environmental Hazards III - Desertification | Week 64 Topics|1 Quiz
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Environmental Hazards III - Description of the Ozone Layer and its Location in the Atmosphere | Week 74 Topics|1 Quiz
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Drug and Substance Abuse | Week 84 Topics|1 Quiz
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Resources from Living Things | Week 94 Topics
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Resources from Non-Living Things | Week 102 Topics|1 Quiz
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Meaning of Desertification
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- Definition of desertification

What is Desertification?
Desertification is the process by which forests are converted into deserts, through bad agricultural practices like overgrazing, deforestationDeforestation, in simple terms, means the felling and clearing of forest cover or tree plantations to accommodate agricultural, industrial or urban use. More, etc. It can also be defined as the change of an area covered by vegetation (plants) into one with scanty or no vegetation.
There is also a reduction in soil productivity.
In Nigeria, a large percentage of northwest and northeast states are desert lands. This includes states like Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Borno, and Adamawa State.
Desertification is caused by climate change and human activities.
