Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Desertification results from the

expansion of existing deserts BECAUSE dryland ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to inappropriate
land use.
a. The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
b. The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
c. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
d. The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
e. Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect


D

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