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- A windbreak or shelterbelt is a plantation 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. Wikipedia
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- The establishment of a field shelterbelt requires a considerable amount of field preparation; valuable farmland has to be withdrawn from production of crops and the immediate strip of land alongside the shelterbelt loses its productivity. - Government of Alberta by
- The innermost rows of a shelterbelt should consist of tall, deciduous trees. Use the smaller trees and shrubs on the leeward side. Shrubs planted in the outermost rows will catch drifting snow. The resulting vertical structure of the shelterbelt directs wind over the area to be protected. - Ohio State University by
- Connecting shelterbelts with existing or planned perennial vegetation, such as woodlots and woody draws (tree/shrub establishment) or riparian areas (riparian forest buffer), provides additional benefits for wildlife and aesthetics. - Natural Resources Conservation Service by
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- مصد الرياح أو الحزام النباتي
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- مصد الرياح هو صف واحد أو عدة صفوف متوازية من الأشجار تزرع حول منطقة ما بغرض الوقاية من الرياح ومنع تعرية التربة خلف المصد وهي تقي التربة لمسافة تعادل حوالي 15 إلى 20 مرة قدر طول الأشجار Own research - by Dr. Mohamed Elkhateeb
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- O quebra-vento é um sistema aerodinâmico, natural ou artificial, que serve como anteparo para atenuar o padrão de velocidade média e da turbulência do vento, proporcionando melhorias às condições ambientais através do controle do microclima da área protegida. Clovis Alberto Volpe e Edgar R Schöffel - by Isabel Vidigal
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- Em regiões de ventos fortes torna-se necessário o uso de quebra-ventos. Quebra-ventos são barreiras contra ventos fortes e são projetados para reduzir a velocidade do ar do lado do sotavento - Embrapa - sistemas de produção by Isabel Vidigal
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- Il frangivento o frangivento vivo è l'insieme di alberi o arbusti disposti secondo una particolare sistemazione "a filare" atta a riparare le coltivazioni dal vento. Il frangivento è chiamato anche cintura di riparo arborea. Wikipedia - by BenedettaC
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- Se la zona fosse soggetta a venti intensi e frequenti è indispensabile impiantare dei frangivento, vivi o
morti, in modo da proteggere le piante sia dal punto vista meccanico - rotture di rami - sia ecofisiologico -
eccessi di traspirazione. - Arsia Torscana - Floricoltura by BenedettaC
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- vinddempende belte av trær eller busker som verner plantene mot vindslit og uttørking, hindrer snødrev, sand- og jordflukt, hever temperaturen i jord og luft, og gjør landskapet vakrere. Store norske leksikon - by Alf Roalkvam
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