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A severe reduction in wetlands in the San Joaquin Valley of California played a significant role in the
  severity of the 1977 duststorm. What caused the reduction of wetlands? What will be an ideal response?



Question 2

What facilitated the natural recovery of desert land in Kuwait? What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Beaver trapper Jedidiah Smith in the early 1800s described millions of acres of wetlands in parts of
the San Joaquin Valley, California. Today only about 5 of the wetlands reported by Smith remain.
Agriculture, urban development and oilfields have replaced the wetlands.



Answer to Question 2

Exploitation was halted due to land mines. These explosives made it dangerous for people to travel
into desert areas



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