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Hot Deserts (Hot Deserts (Climate (Less than 250mm per year, When it rains…

- - - - Rainfall - expected to reduce, plants die, so nothing to hold soil together
      - Temperatures - increase, more water evaporates from land and makes soils drier and plants die
    - - Removal of fuel wood - removal of trees leave soil exposed
      - Overgrazing - too many cattle eat plants faster than they can re-grow, leads to more erosion
      - Over-cultivation - if crops are planted continually in the same place, all the nutrients in the soil are drained, so no more plants
      - Population growth - pressure on land, leading to more deforestation, overgrazing and over-cultivation