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Drylands, Mali

Drylands, Mali
A young woman draws water in the semiarid Sahel region of northwestern Africa. Overgrazing and overcultivation of drylands in the region can easily lead to land degradation. There also was a severe drought in the region in the early 1980s.
Jose Azel/Aurora and Quanta Productions
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Sahel; Desertification
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