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Example sentences for "overgrazing"

Lexicographically close words:
overflowings; overflown; overflows; overfond; overfull; overground; overgrow; overgrown; overgrowth; overhand
  1. Streams from which we report hybrids probably were affected by overgrazing of their watersheds; overgrazing was unusually severe in the drought.

  2. To prove the beneficial effects which result from preventing overgrazing and trampling, Mr. G.

  3. The present deterioration of grasses is mainly due to overgrazing and trampling by men and cattle.

  4. But heavy overgrazing causes grass roots to die back even more and creates an abnormally shallow root system.

  5. By 1880 more and more ranching was pushed west into the Big Bend by range shortages and overgrazing east of the Pecos River.

  6. Then, just before the national park came into being, ruinous overgrazing all but wiped out the grasslands.

  7. We are also confronted with a major problem in conservation due to the overgrazing on public lands.

  8. Some of these areas have been so denuded of surface vegetation by overgrazing that the ground breeding birds, including grouse and quail, and many mammals, including deer, have been exterminated or driven away.

  9. In parts of the Marianas and elsewhere, unwise practices of burning and overgrazing have allowed extensive erosion to occur, resulting in reduced fertility of the soil.

  10. Perhaps an owl was resident at Guam and at other islands but has been eliminated partly by the overgrazing and burning of the grassy habitats preferred by the owl.


  11. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overgrazing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.