Fences Fences (Agricultural fencing) In agriculture, fences are used to keep animals in or out of an area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agricultural fencing"
Barbed wire is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s). It is used to construct inexpensive fences. A person or animal trying to pass through a barbed-wire fence will suffer discomfort and possibly injury. Barbed-wire fencing requires only fenceposts, wire and fixing devices such as staples. It is simple to construct and quick to erect by a skilled fencer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbed wire"
The Ceuta border fence is a separation barrier between Morocco and Spanish controlled Ceuta. Constructed by Spain, its stated purpose is to stop illegal immigration and smuggling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ceuta border fence"
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a barrier that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep Dingos out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent (where they had largely been exterminated) and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It is one of the longest structures on the planet, and the world's longest fence. It would eventually stretch 8500 kilometres from Jinbour on the Darling Downs near Toowoomba through thousands of miles of arid country to the Eyre peninsula on the Great Australian Bight. At the time, it was the longest man-made structure in the world. It was only partly successful; Dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states to this day, and although the fence helped reduce losses of sheep to predators, this was counterbalanced by increased pasture competition from rabbits and kangaroos. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dingo Fence"
An electric fence is a barrier that uses a painful or even lethal high-voltage electric shocks to deter animals or people from crossing a boundary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electric fence"
A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage (though the definitions overlap somewhat). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fence"
A fladry line is essentially a line mounted along the top of a fence, from which are suspended strips of fabric or some other material which will flap in a breeze, and intended to deter wolves from traversing the fence-line. Fladry lines have been used for this purpose for several centuries. They are effective, but only temporarily, as the novelty may soon wear off. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fladry line" Pure www.shortopedia.com. Pure Information Power.
The term Green Line is often used to refer to the line of demarcation that divides the Cypriot capital of Nicosia into the southern Greek Cypriot region and the northern Turkish Cypriot region that was created following the 1974 invasion by Turkey (which refers to the invasion as the 1974 Peace Operation) that created the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey in the occupied side of Cyprus. This line is also referred to as the 'Attila Line' on some maps (named after the Turkish code-name for the 1974 Military Intervention: Operation Attila). ...more on Wikipedia about "Green Line (Cyprus)"
In gardening a hedge is a row of woody plants, generally of one species, used to demarcate spaces. If a mixture of small trees and shrubs is used instead, to keep people and animals from straying through pasture or cropland, the result is a hedgerow. Some hedgerows separating fields from lanes in England and the Low Countries are estimated to be over seven hundred years old. The root word of 'hedge' is much older: it appears in Old English, in German (Hecke), and Dutch (haag) to signify 'enclosure', as in the name of the Dutch city The Hague, or more formal 's Gravenhage, meaning The Count's hedge. Most official Carolingian fortification were of wooden palisades, but Charles the Bald was complaining in 864 that some unauthorized men were constructing haies et fertés tightly-interwoven hedges of hawthorns (Rouche 1987 p 428). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hedge (gardening)"
(Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier) India is presently constructing a 3,286-kilometer fence to seal off the Indian-Bangladeshi border. The fence will be just under three meters high and will run almost all the way around Bangladesh's land border with India. The stated aim of the fence is to stop infiltration of terrorists, prevent smuggling and end illegal immigration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier"
The Indian Kashmir barrier is a 550 km (330 mile) separation barrier along the 740 km disputed 1972 Line of Control (or ceasefire line) between Indian and Pakistani controlled Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir, India and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The rest of the Line of Control is too inaccessible for construction of a barrier. Constructed by India, its stated purpose is to exclude arms smuggling and infiltration by Pakistani-based separatist militants or terrorists, who wish to bring Kashmir into Pakistan, or gain independence for Kashmir. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indo-Kashmiri Barrier"
The Israeli Gaza Strip barrier is a separation barrier along the armistice line of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The barrier is one of several constructed by various governments in a variety of locations to prevent the unauthorized movement of people across the barrier. See separation barrier for a list of similar structures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Israeli Gaza Strip barrier"
The Israeli West Bank barrier (commonly referred to as a " fence" by its supporters and a " wall" by its opponents) is a physical barrier being constructed by Israel consisting of a network of fences with vehicle-barrier trenches (95%) and walls (5%). ...more on Wikipedia about "Israeli West Bank barrier"
The Melilla border fence is a separation barrier between Morocco and Spanish controlled Melilla. Constructed by Spain, its stated purpose is to stop illegal immigration and smuggling. ...more on Wikipedia about "Melilla border fence"
(Privacy fencing) There are cultural differences with regards to the use of fences around properties. For instance, it is common in European countries to put a fence around the entire border of one's property, including the front border with a gate to obtain access to the property. However, in North America, fences are commonly used only on the border between properties that back onto the property and between side properties up to the point where the house begins. This means that the front yards in neighbourhoods are often open to the street. ...more on Wikipedia about "Privacy fencing"
The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia , formerly known as the No. 1 Rabbit-Proof Fence, the State Vermin Fence and the Emu Fence, is a barrier initially constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits and other agricultural pests out of Western Australian pastoral areas. There are three fences; the original No. 1 Fence, which crosses the state from north to south, the No. 2 Fence which is smaller and further west, and the smaller east-west running No. 3 fence. The fences took six years to build and when completed in 1907, the Rabbit-Proof Fence (encompassing all three fences) stretched 3 256 kilometres (approximately 2 023 miles). The cost at the time was £337 841. The No. 1 fence runs 1,833 km (1,139 miles) from Wallal on the Eighty Mile Beach south to Jerdacuttup in the Ravensthorp Shire. The success of the fences has been marginal at best. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rabbit-proof fence"
Rabbit-Proof Fence is an Australian film based on the book of the same name by Doris Pilkington Garimara allegedly based on historical events about three young half-caste Aboriginal girls (one of whom, Molly, was her mother) who ran away from a Western Australian settlement at Moore River, just north of Perth, in which they were placed in 1931, in order to return to their Aboriginal family. The film follows the girls walking for nine weeks along 1500 miles of fence to return to their mother's community at Jigalong. The fence is " rabbit proof", i.e. prevents rabbits from crossing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)"
A rock fence is a type of fence contructed out of stones without any mortar to bind them together (called dry stone masonry). Rock fences have historically been used for agricultural fencing, though they have recently gained popularity for decorative fencing. They are often mistakenly referred to as walls, however they are fences because they are unmortared and are used to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary (rather than providing physical support to an architectural or a landscape feature). ...more on Wikipedia about "Rock fence"
A split-rail fence or log fence is a type of fence contructed out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into "rails" and typically used for agricultural or decorative fencing. Such fences require much more timber than other types of fences, and so are not common in areas where wood is scarce or expensive. However, they are very simple in their construction, and can be assembled with few tools even on hard or rocky ground. They can even be partially or wholly disassembled if the wood becomes more useful for other purposes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Split-rail fence"
The UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) between the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus. Constructed by Turkey, it served to separate the northern 37% (mostly inhabited by Turks and Turkish Cypriots) of Cyprus, occupied by Turkish troops since 1974, from the southern part (mostly inhabited by ethnic Greek Cypriots and other non-Turks), and splits the capital Nicosia (Lefkosa) in two. This ethnic land separation was never in Cypriot history obvious on the island, but established by the Turkish troops after the expulsion by force of around 200.000 Greeks from the North, and the forced move of around 60.000 Turkish Cypriots from South to North. The "Green Line" is also referred to as the Turkish Cyprus barrier, or the Atilla Line after the name given to the 1974 military intervention by Turkey (Operation Atilla). ...more on Wikipedia about "UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus"
The United States–Mexico barrier is actually several separation barriers designed to prevent illegal immigration into the United States from the territory of adjacent Mexico along the U.S.-Mexico border. Primarily the fence has deterred illegal entries of Mexican nationals and other Latin Americans illegally entering the United States through Mexico, although in recent years other groups (particularly Asians of different nationalities) have also been using the porous Mexican border to secure access to the USA (the Border Patrol refers to those from other countries as "Other Than Mexican"). The barriers were built as part of three larger "Operations" to control illegal immigration, Operation Gatekeeper in California, Operation Hold-the-Line in Texas, and Operation Safeguard in Arizona. The intention of these barriers is to force immigrants to cross the border through more difficult lands, with the assumption that this will deter migration. Some United States/Mexico border scholars have claimed that these operations are just a public relations ploy used to convince U.S. citizens that the border is "secure", while the economy benefits from the continuing flow of cheap labor across the border. ...more on Wikipedia about "United States–Mexico barrier"
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