Desertification in Oltenia

The Sahara Olteniei is a desert formed in the late 20th century in the west of the Wallachian Plain ( Little in the historic Romanian region of Wallachia ) and includes areas of the city to the city of Calafat Dabuleni. Thus, it includes an area that is approximately 800 square kilometers and occupies 6% of the circle Dolj. The cause of the formation of the desert are some of droughts, but also deforestation, which were made in the 1960s. Due to the sudden desertification quickly sat by the name Sahara Olteniei. Dabuleni is understood as the "City of the Sahara Olteniei "; it is the only city in Europe, which has a formally valid as sand Museum.

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• Desert in Europe
• Geography (Romania )
• Dolj county