Windbreak: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	shelterbelt

Photos

Aerial view of farmland in Romsdalen, Norway, showing green and yellow fields bordered by rows of trees serving as windbreaks.

USDA poster from the Dust Bowl era

A row of dense, yellow-green trees forms a windbreak along the edge of a cultivated farm field, with hills rising in the background in northern Tasmania, Australia.

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Wind crop production Hydroponics Dry farming Chinampa forestry gardening horticulture Irrigation Drainage vernalization arboriculture