[OSM-talk] Details about wooded belt in Saratov Oblast?

[Christoph Hormann]

On Thursday 23 January 2014, osm.fjf at 0sg.net wrote:
>
> today, using the OSM slippy map, I came across a regular structure in
> the Saratov Oblast, Russia. Map data and aerial images suggest it be
> wood or stripes of wood. It looks like a barrier. Against what or
> whom? Or when was it grown?

As you said these strips seem to be quite common in the area.  I would 
assume they are trees planted for protection against wind erosion.  For 
this purpose having a singular structure across several hundred 
kilometers is kind of pointless of course.

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Christoph Hormann
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