salinization
Technical term used in environmental science, agriculture, and soil science to describe the accumulation of salts in soil or water.
灌漑農業が進むと、土壌の塩類化が問題になることがある。
As irrigation agriculture advances, soil salinization can become a problem.
Compound of 塩類 (enrui, 'salts') and 化 (ka, '-ization'), literally 'salt-ization'.