Is desertification a threat only where there is existing desert?

Atown is built on the banks of a small lake on the edge of a desert. after some time, the townspeople discover that water from the lake has become too polluted to use. describe one way that the lake may have been contaminated by the actions of the townspeople, and explain how the townspeople can remediate this problem.

Which is not a cash crop grown in the high islands of melanesia and polynesia? d. rubber c. coffee b. sugar cane a. kiwifruit

Which statement about new zealand’s first inhabitants is not true? a. the maori have no political power today. b. the origin of the maori is in dispute by scholars. c. the maori are trying to reassert their claims to the land. d. the maori lost most of their land in the 1800s to the british colonists. (gradpoint)