Springs are drying up and soil salinity has increased.

泉水渐渐干涸，随之而来的是土壤含盐量越来越高。

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Rivers are drying up, grazing land for cattle is scarce, and the dry soil is hard to farm.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Water pollution, soil erosion, deforestation and desertification in the north, where rivers are drying up, have contributed to an estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949.

FORBES: Pollution And Prosperity