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What caused the Dust Bowl? (Site 1)

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Poor agricultural practices

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Farmers in the Great Plains region didn't allow the soil to recover, and it combined with wind erosion, drought and high temperatures lead to the Dust Bowl

User Mike Bonds
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Poor agriculture practices, harsh weather, removal of grasses

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The Dust Bowl was caused by people getting rid of the tall grasses that covered Texas´s plains, these grasses had roots deep into the soil that held on to the soil preventing it from flying away in the plains great wind speeds, these grasses´s roots also held onto water and nutrients making the soil very fertile. Another thing that caused the Dust Bowl was it´s hot weather and poor agriculture techniques.

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