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Area in the Great Plains region of North
America (Texas to Kansas) that suffered
extensive wind erosion as the result of
drought and poor farming practice in once
fertile soil. Much of the topsoil was blown
away in the droughts of the 1930s. Similar
dust bowls are being formed in many areas
today, noticeably across Africa, because of
the same overcropping and overgrazing,
resulting in desert conditions.