sentences:  Desertification in Oltenia
  
  Desertification in Oltenia affects parts of the Walachian Plain, in the Romanian region of Oltenia covering the area between the city of Calafat and the town of Dăbuleni, spanning an area of about , or 6% of Dolj County.Labelled by the press as "the Oltenian Sahara" (), the sandy areas in the region have extended because of the deforestation that occurred in the 1960s.