The immediate cause is the removal of vegetation. Unprotected, dry soil surfaces then blow away with the wind or are washed away by flash floods, leaving infertile lower soil layers that bake in the sun and become an unproductive hardpan. Overgrazing destroys valuable plant species, leaving mostly unpalatable ones.
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Belpre Mayor's Court. The Ohio River witnessed how this community settled in this territory back in the late 18th century full of the French essence of their pioneers, named also after Belle Prairie which means Beautiful Prairie. The county seat of Washington County has 3.5 square miles of territory and it's home of more than 1900 families and close to 6700 inhabitants.