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General photos of the Eskisehir study site, illustrating a number of aspects of desertification.
Location of and land use properties in vicinity of the Eskisehir study site<br>

Study site location
Landscape in vicinity of Eskisehir study site.<br>

Eskisehir landscape
Geology map of Eskisehir study site.<br>

Geology map
Debris flow after heavy rainfall in the vicinity of the Eskisehir study site.<br>

Debris flow
Soil erosion after heavy rainfall in the vicinity of the Eskisehir study site.<br>

Soil erosion
Various aspects of land degradation in Eskisehir study site. <br>1-Cropland intrusion through degraded oak forest; 2-Wrong tillage direction and resulting gully ero-sion; <br>3-Soil trade as an industrial material (Uludere village); 4-Deep active gully erosion in a pasture land.<br><br>

Aspects of land degradation
Already dead juniper tree, Keskin (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Juniper tree
Degraded oak forest, Keskin village (© S. Açýkalin)

Degraded oak forest
Excavation of productive soils, Uludere village (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Soil excavation
Heavy gully erosion in pastures, Keskin village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Gully erosion
Heavy rill erosion and stoniness in dry farmlands, Keskin village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Rill erosion and stoniness
Highly degraded pastureland, Keskin (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Degraded pasture
Medium scale landslides in pasturelands, Uludere village (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Landslides in pasture land
New reforestation activities in pasturelands, Keskin (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Reforestation activity
Rapidly expanding Eskisehir city, towards the Keskin study site (Google Earth View)<br>

Urban expansion
Stoniness in soils of dry-farming areas, Uludere village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Stony soils
Very old juniper tree in the midst of farmland, Uludere village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Old juniper tree
Well-developed soil profile, Uludere village (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Soil profile
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Acknowledgement

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