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Green belt facts for kids

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The city of Ottawa, located in the middle of the map, is surrounded by the Ottawa Greenbelt

A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an urban area instead of around it. A green belt is basically an invisible line that goes around a certain area, stopping people from building there so that some of the wild and agricultural land can be saved.

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  • Tochal from Modarres Expressway

    Green belt in Tehran, Iran

  • Streetmap of Adelaide and North Adelaide

    Map of the Adelaide Park Lands

  • Rennes

    Rennes Green Belt

  • Dunedin City and Town Belt

    Dunedin Town Belt flanks the hills above the central city

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