Dust bowl (dec 30, 1930 – dec 30, 1936)
Description:
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 30, 1930
dec 30, 1936
~ 6 years