Explain the term wasteland.

Wastelands are lands that include degraded forests, overgrazed pastures, drought-struck pastures, eroded valleys, hilly slopes, waterlogged marshy lands, barren land etc.

The main reason for the formation of wastelands are:

(a) Indiscriminate and overutilization of forest produce

(b) Over-grazing of the lands

(c) effects of development projects like pollution, the influx of wastewater.