GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Planting rows of trees on one side of an area prevents the wind from eroding the soil. They are also called shelter belts.

Detailed explanation-3: -A typical shelterbelt has a triangular cross-section which can be achieved by planting tall trees in the centre, flanked on both sides successively by shorter trees, tall shrubs and then low spreading shrubs and grasses.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shelterbelts: In the coastal and dry regions, rows of trees are planted to check the wind movement to protect soil cover. Shelterbelts are rows of trees, usually along fence lines. They are planted mainly to protect animals or crops from cold winds, but also to give shade in hot weather.