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27 ott 2009 · The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Con il termine Dust Bowl (in inglese: conca di polvere, chiamata anche alternativamente uragani di sabbia) si indica una serie di tempeste di sabbia che colpirono gli Stati Uniti centrali e il Canada tra il 1931 e il 1939, causate da decenni di tecniche agricole inappropriate e dalla mancanza di rotazione delle colture.
Nineteen states in the heartland of the United States became a vast dust bowl. With no chance of making a living, farm families abandoned their homes and land, fleeing westward to become migrant laborers.
8 mag 2024 · Dust Bowl, both the drought period lasting from 1930 to 1936 in the U.S. Great Plains and the part of the Great Plains where overcultivation and drought resulted in the erosion of topsoil, which was carried off in windblown dust storms forcing thousands of families to leave the region during the Great Depression.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
20 ago 2021 · La maggiore e più lunga catastrofe naturale registrata negli Stati Uniti fu il cosiddetto Dust Bowl (conca di polvere), che colpì con particolare veemenza gli stati dove si estendono le Grandi pianure: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas e Oklahoma.
19 ott 2023 · The Dust Bowl. Drought, wind, and poor farming practices created the Dust Bowl, but the economic disaster is caused led to much needed land-use reforms. Map by National Geographic Society. Credits. User Permissions. Map of area affected by the Dust Bowl.
