# Droughts & Desertification

> Drylands lack enough water for reliable farming and dense settlement. CAPS sorts them by decreasing dryness into hyper-arid, arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid subtypes. Two linked challenges hit…

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### What will I learn in "Droughts & Desertification"?

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