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27 paź 2009 · The Dust Bowl refers to the drought‑stricken southern plains of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
26 paź 2024 · Dust Bowl, both the drought period lasting from 1930 to 1936 in the U.S. Great Plains and the part of the Great Plains where overcultivation and drought resulted in the erosion of topsoil, which was carried off in windblown dust storms forcing thousands of families to leave the region during the Great Depression.
The sky could darken for days, and even well-sealed homes could have a thick layer of dust on the furniture. In some places, the dust drifted like snow, covering farm buildings and houses. Nineteen states in the heartland of the United States became a vast dust bowl.
22 sty 2020 · The Dust Bowl was the name given to an area of the Great Plains (southwestern Kansas, Oklahoma panhandle, Texas panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, and southeastern Colorado) that was devastated by nearly a decade of drought and soil erosion during the 1930s.
Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more than 75 percent of the country and affecting 27 states severely. June 28, 1934.
The Dust Bowl was one of the worst droughts and perhaps the worst and most prolonged disaster in United States history. It affected Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, known as the Dust Bowl states, as well as parts of other surrounding states (map below), covering a total of 100 million acres.
