What are the main reasons leading to soil degradation and desertification of the land?

Desertification is a set of processes that lead to the loss by the natural community of a continuous vegetation cover with the impossibility of its restoration without human intervention. The causes of desertification are mainly anthropogenic factors: deforestation, irrational use of water resources for irrigation, etc. For example, excessive deforestation of mountain mountain vegetation becomes a cause of natural disasters – mudflows, landslides, snow avalanches. An excessive burden on pastures with an increase in livestock production can also lead to desertification.