It was as though the pond had suddenly become an island, and the land about had turned to sea.

To the casual observer, the land was turning to desert.

The hot green South was behind me now; there were no more palm trees, and the land had turned a wintry brown.

The soft land in the parking area had turned to mud.

Round here, as you know, the land turns quickly to marsh.

The clouds disappeared, the sun came out, and the land turned molten.

"So if they just returned them and left without there being any plans for development, the land could turn into wilderness."

The rocks grew more barren, and as the sun rose the land turned to fire.

True, bad land wouldn't turn a profit, but it would break even.

They rode on, more slowly now as the land rose and turned rocky.