6 sentences with 'vegetation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word vegetation and other words derived from it.
• « Of course, man is no stranger to these inclemencies. According to a UN study, the causes of desertification are: destruction of trees and vegetation cover and climatic changes. Here, too, man's unfortunate intervention has made itself felt. »
• « In the space of ten years, almost 600,000 square kilometres of vegetation have disappeared, which is equivalent to the area of Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Santa Fe combined. Every day that passes, the forest loses an area equal to that of our Federal Capital. »
• « The natural gas has displaced the vegetation and these soils, which once produced energy, are now deeply saturated with tar, phenol, cyanide and a large quantity of heavy metals; these endanger the lives not only of the neighbours, but threaten to infiltrate the groundwater table, which would be a real ecological disaster. »
• « Sudden changes in temperature (hot days, freezing nights) cause the soil to crack, "burn" the vegetation, and so on. »
• « Whole forests of old-growth trees and cypress swamps fell under the axe as slaves worked to strip the vegetation to make way for cotton. With the land cleared, slaves prepared the soil by plowing and planting. »