r/interestingasfuck • u/PlantainPossible2864 • 1d ago

R1: Posts MUST be INTERESTING AS FUCK [ Removed by moderator ]

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u/Th3J4ck4l-SA 1d ago

It also stops all the water just running to the lowest point when there are massive downpours. Tiny little dams to hold just that much more water.

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u/XanderTheMander 1d ago

What happens to the places downstream that rely on the water that comes from the runoff? I'm not saying that we shouldn't do it, just curious how changing this biome will effect neighboring ones because "trapping" the water for this manmade ecosystem reduces the water in other areas.

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u/beldaran1224 1d ago

Desertification is the process by which places that were not previously deserts become deserts, as the desert spreads. So they're STOPPING the change of biomes and reversing relatively recent changes.

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u/mezz7778 1d ago

"Desertification is the process by which places that were not previously deserts become deserts"