deforested
Stripped of timber
Deforested describes land that has been stripped of its trees and forest cover: deforested hillsides, rapidly deforested regions of the Amazon.
The word implies human action—logging, clearing for agriculture, or development—rather than natural loss.
Land can be partially or completely deforested.
Unable to produce
- denudedStripped of natural covering
- strippedHad coverings removed
- bareLacking any covering
- treelessHaving no woods
razed · leveled · flattened · exposed · unwooded · bald · desolate · open
Motor-driven cutting tool
- stumpsCut tree bases
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- fellingDowning standing timber
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
logging · sawmill · skidder · bulldozer · timber · lumber · harvest · woodcutter
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
species · fragmentation · rainforest · mangrove · savanna · taiga · wetland · corridor
Gradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- landslidesMasses of earth falling
- runoffExcess water drainage
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
mudslides · flooding · degradation · compaction · gullying · watershed · silting · topsoil
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
dioxide · temperature · albedo · precipitation · drought · floods · extremes · change
barren
Unable to produce
treeless · razed · leveled · flattened · exposed · unwooded · bald · desolate · open · vacant
chainsaw
Motor-driven cutting tool
- stumpsCut tree bases
- clearcuttingHarvesting every standing tree
- fellingDowning standing timber
lumberjack · logging · sawmill · skidder · bulldozer · timber · lumber · harvest · woodcutter · loggers
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
endangered · species · fragmentation · rainforest · mangrove · savanna · taiga · wetland · corridor · displacement
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- landslidesMasses of earth falling
- runoffExcess water drainage
sedimentation · mudslides · flooding · degradation · compaction · gullying · watershed · silting · topsoil
carbon
Sixth element, atomic symbol C
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
methane · dioxide · temperature · albedo · precipitation · drought · floods · extremes · change · atmosphere
deforestedforested
Covered in trees
wooded · afforested · timbered · sylvan · old-growth
deforestedreforested
Planted with trees again
afforested · replanted · rewilded · regenerated · restored
- deforestation impactsConsequences of removing tree cover
- Amazon deforestationRemoval of jungle trees
- tropical deforestationRemoving equatorial forest cover
- deforestation issuesConcerns about tree removal
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