21. By this time the forest had been almost completely denuded . 22. Areas of particularly dense oil development are almost entirely denuded of vegetation. 23. Today, the hills are denuded , covered only with a brownish scrub. 24. They noted that silt from denuded slopes could clog the Three Gorges Dam. 25. The runoff causes subtle changes, denuding rocks of barnacles and killing algae. 26. The verdant Artibonite valley is lined by denuded hills. 27. The island has suffered several brushfires, leaving some areas denuded of vegetation. 28. The Solomon Islands are predicted to be denuded of trees within a decade. 29. Local governments also blame illegal wood cutting for denuding hillsides, causing erosion. 30. This would include denuding valuable convoys of their escorts.
