overgrazed
Eaten bare, ecologically
Overgrazed describes land where livestock have eaten so much vegetation that the ground can't recover.
Overgrazing depletes grasses and plants, leading to soil erosion and degraded pasture: The overgrazed hillside had turned to bare dirt.
The term applies to any area where grazing animals have exceeded the land's capacity to regenerate.
Gradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- barrenUnable to produce
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
denuded · trampled · dustbowl · gullying · runoff · siltation · hardpan
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
Land for grazing animals
- rangelandLand for grazing animals
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
prairie · meadow · commons · paddock · scrubland · hillside · watershed · dryland
Planting again over ground
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
erosion
Gradual wearing away
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- barrenUnable to produce
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
degraded · denuded · trampled · dustbowl · gullying · runoff · siltation · hardpan
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
overstock · herd · flock · forage · browse · feedlot · pastoralism
pastureland
Land for grazing animals
- rangelandLand for grazing animals
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
steppe · prairie · meadow · commons · paddock · scrubland · hillside · watershed · dryland · veld
reseeding
Planting again over ground
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- farming factorsdrought, flooding, frost, soil quality, rainfall