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General photos of the Karapinar study site, illustrating a number of aspects of desertification
Map locating study site.<br>

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Sand dunes in Karapinar area.<br>

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Preservation efforts in the 1960s in the Karapinar area.<br>

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Outcomes of preservation measures in 2000s.

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Outcomes of preservation measures in 2000s.

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Geological map of study site.<br>

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Lizard (probably endemic) wandering between sand dunes, north of Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Lizard in sand dunes
Sand storm in the Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Sand storm
Sinkhole threatening farming activity, Karapinar area (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Sinkhole
Tractor (indicating globalization of farming), Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Tractor
Wind erosion-prone spot in military area, Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Wind erosion
Ancient gravelly lacustrine sediments with poorly developed soil on the top, Inoba village (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Ancient sediments
Apple garden to the south of the Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Apple garden
Bean farming, Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Bean farming
Drip irrigation of potato crop (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Drip irrigation of potatoes
Dry wheat cropping on sand dunes, Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Dry wheat cropping
Evidence of strong wind erosion around Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Strong wind erosion
Granular soil surface just after a storm, Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Granular soil surface
Heavy salinisation in interdune pans, Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Salinisation
Heavy stoniness due to wind erosion, Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Stoniness caused by wind erosion
Hypersaline volcanomorphic lake water, NE of Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Hypersaline volcanic lake water
Rare example of stubble burning, Karapinar Study Site (© F. Ocakoglu)<br>

Stubble burning
Rare reforestation activities and an erect undersoil field mouse, Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Reforestation activity
Surface water irrigation of a maize crop, Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Surface irrigation of maize
Sprinkler irrigatin of sugar beet crop, Karapinar Study Site (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Sprinkler irrigation of sugar beet
Tree colonisation of already stabilised shifting dunes, military area, Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Dune stabilisation by trees
Wheat substrate made of wind-blown sand and shell fragments, Karapinar (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Wheat substrate
Wind-affected pasture, dominated by astragalus, Samuk village (© S. Açýkalin)<br>

Wind-affected pasture
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