WHY are trees planted along fields?

If you consider the purpose of these strips, it appears that they prevent snow drifts on the roads in places where their location coincides with the direction of the highways. But in fact, the benefits of these small strips of trees are tremendous and go beyond saving highways or increasing snow cover on the fields.

Trees retain snow in the fields, adding moisture to the soil at the beginning of the growing season, and reducing overall evaporation of moisture from the surface of the fields. Also, they reduce the destructive effects of southerly winds that lead to soil erosion and dust storms. The process of gully development poses a serious threat to fields, and forest plantations also help to deal with it.

But forest belts are not only planted between fields and along roads, they are commonly placed near canals and small river channels. In this case, they perform a similar function, protecting waterways from excessive evaporation and ban...