Odd tree "Lines" in Russia and Kazakstan

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Ive mapped out thousands of miles of these things ive been calling "tree walls". These things stretch across southwestern Russia and usually consist of 3 to 4 lines. each line is almost 180-200 feet thick.

 In the providence Kalmyakia there are no tree walls and i believe that once they did exist in the providence but due to nuclear testing and bad agricultural practice most of the land has turned to barren desert.

There is also a few extra neat finds in the kmz, possibly ancient burial grounds and other neat oddities.

Russia kazakstan tree-walls.kmz (19.45 KB)

Probably the visible result of Stalin's "Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature"

The answer can be found amongst the links  I have sent in PM, provided by krenek also some relateds by cjm.

(Also proud to myself that I have done by guess.) (;

Oct 15, 2019 5:46:46 GMT syzygy said:

Oct 14, 2019 14:44:43 GMT krenek said:

...i've known your lines in russia for years but i had to check

the picture in GE reads

Государственная Сталинская лесопосадка

> wikipedia

ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B

> english version

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plan_for_the_Transformation_of_Nature

+

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak

so i think those lines are shelters + irrigation


here as well, nice images:

erazvitie.org/article/preobrazuem_prirodu...

Oct 14, 2019 15:37:18 GMT CuriousJM said:

...I don't remember reading about such plantations in Old GEC.  I was also unaware of such large scale plantations till a few days back when I read following news in the papers;


timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/government-plans-1400km-long-great-green-wall-of-india/articleshow/71496260.cms

The News paper also mentions “Great Green Wall” of Africa

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Wall...

It was a great idea of a great project by great experts of the great soviet union governed by their "great leader" Stalin.

Their main goal was to isolate good quality agricultural lands from spreading of desert by the southwestern winds. 

The section alongside river Ural seems slightly a different. On Sand soils probably much easier to "leach" rivers with such tree cordons. 

Other important thing to add, that it provides hide, habitat and natural corridor for wild species, thus helps saving biodiversity.

(many other reliable additonal functions as defense, wires, etc.)

Ending, also this is a great posting about how tiny creatures as we are trying to fight against forces of nature with forces of nature. 

Thanks @numbear77 for posting! Krenek and CJM for co-work! 



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the ractangles and other strange shapes are about modern age military activity - trenched tent positions- and some is about herding.
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really interesting - and I would cut and paste it to an individual posting (!)- is your star-fort scene with interesting historical imagery and also the site with the colorful pools!!

the fort is "Fortress of St. Anne" (check GE Photos layer) and I think it is some kind of a tourist attraction (medieval village replica), (also was) scene of festivals, probably movie reels, but the pools of colored water is some kind a genuine find! 
I think it is some mud volcanoes site. the color is comes from salinity and shape might refer to upstream of natural heat and / or gas plumes... (I am just groping in the darkness so far..)

Very helpful. Had these mapped in Russia but couldnt figure out what they were for. Mystery solved.

May 11, 2020 20:24:26 GMT nightsky said:

Very helpful. Had these mapped in Russia but couldnt figure out what they were for. Mystery solved.

Many thanks for the always helpful crew of the best GE detectives from 'Fun and Games' subforum, who helped again to put the puzzle together! (: