dust bowl

1. N-COUNT A dust bowl is an area of land, especially in the southern or central United States, that is dry and arid because the soil has been eroded by the wind. (尤指在美国南部或中部的)风沙浸蚀区[美国英语]

...the same fate that befell the midwestern dust bowl in the thirties. ...三十年代发生在中西部风沙浸蚀区的相同命运。