dust bowl: American History Dictionary - dust bowl

Definition and meaning of dust bowl:

dust bowl

In the 1930s, the combination of long droughts and unscientific farming methods on the Great Plains created frequent dust storms that blew away valuable topsoil. Thousands of indebted farmers left this "dust bowl" to seek opportunities in the West

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The meaning of dust bowl is an excerpt from Madrid Waddington High School,

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