Assertion: desertification | /r/CapableOf | affect arid regions
Facets:
value: over the past several centuries
type: TEMPORAL
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: globally
type: LOCATION
value: to varying degrees
type: OTHER
value: throughout the world
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Desertification affects arid regions throughout the world, inflicting destitution on the populations of vast areas and threatening them with famine.
text: Desertification affects nearly all of the arid regions, to varying degrees, except for the extremely arid climatic deserts such as the Sahara, Atacama, and Taklimakan.
text: Desertification, the broad-scale conversion of perennial grasslands to dominance by xerophytic shrubs, and the attendant consequences to ecosystem services has affected arid and semiarid regions globally over the past several centuries.