Across
- 5. sustainable farming
- 7. climatic areas more affected by desertification
- 10. effect worsened by desertification
- 11. too many cows or other animals eating grass in a area
- 12. to prepare and use land for growing crops
- 13. process that comes before desertification
Down
- 1. it may increase soil salinity
- 2. soil densification as air is displaced from the pores
- 3. No-till may preserve the land
- 4. removal of forests or trees
- 6. the green ones prevent desertification
- 8. their contruction may help to anchor the soil
- 9. farming tool with sharp blades for cutting and turning over the earth
- 14. thin layer that covers the earth