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Windbreak, the Glossary

A windbreak (shelterbelt) is a planting usually made up of one or more rows of trees or shrubs planted in such a manner as to provide shelter from the wind and to protect soil from erosion.^[1]

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Agroforestry
Forestry and the environment

Agroforestry

Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture.

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A buffer strip is an area of land maintained in permanent vegetation that helps to control air quality, soil quality, and water quality, along with other environmental problems, dealing primarily on land that is used in agriculture.

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Canvas

Canvas is an extremely durable plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, shelters, as a support for oil painting and for other items for which sturdiness is required, as well as in such fashion objects as handbags, electronic device cases, and shoes.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Crop

A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.

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Dead hedge

A dead hedge is a barrier constructed from cut branches, saplings, and foliage.

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Desertification

Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities.

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Drying

Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid.

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Energy

Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.

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Energy-efficient landscaping

Energy-efficient landscaping is a type of landscaping designed for the purpose of conserving energy.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Erosion control

Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction.

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Farm

A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.

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Great Plains Shelterbelt

The Great Plains Shelterbelt was a project to create windbreaks in the Great Plains states of the United States, that began in 1934.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. Windbreak and habitat are landscape ecology.

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Hedge

A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced (3 feet or closer) shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties.

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Intercropping

Intercropping is a multiple cropping practice that involves the cultivation of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field, a form of polyculture. Windbreak and Intercropping are Agroforestry.

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Lesja

Lesja is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Macro-engineering

In engineering, macro-engineering (alternatively known as mega engineering) is the implementation of large-scale design projects.

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Microclimate

A microclimate (or micro-climate) is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often slightly but sometimes substantially.

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Noise control

Noise control or noise mitigation is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution or to reduce the impact of that noise, whether outdoors or indoors.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.

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Nylon

Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers with amide backbones, usually linking aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.

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Pesticide drift

Pesticide drift, also known as spray drift refers to the unintentional diffusion of pesticides toward nontarget species.

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Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) was a branch under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), a department of the Federal Government of Canada.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Ralph Erskine (architect)

Ralph Erskine ARIBA (24 February 1914 – 16 March 2005) was a British architect and planner who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.

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Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations

The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS equations) are time-averaged equations of motion for fluid flow.

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Sahara Forest Project

The Sahara Forest Project aims to provide fresh water, food and renewable energy in hot, arid regions as well as re-vegetating areas of uninhabited desert.

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Sand fence

A sand fence or sandbreak, similar to a snow fence, is a barrier used to force windblown, drifting sand to accumulate in a desired place.

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Seawater greenhouse

A seawater greenhouse is a greenhouse structure that enables the growth of crops and the production of fresh water in arid regions.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.

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Snow

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.

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Sowing

Sowing is the process of planting seeds.

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Svappavaara

Svappavaara (Meänkieli: Vaskivuori) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 417 inhabitants in 2010.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.

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Tugay

Tugay is a form of riparian forest or woodland associated with fluvial and floodplain areas in arid climates.

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Wind

Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface.

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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak

Also known as Plant screen, Shelter belt, Shelter belts, Shelterbelt, Shelterbelts, Wind barrier, Wind break, Wind shadow, Windbreaks.

Windbreak, the Glossary

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Agroforestry

Forestry and the environment

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