A non-woven fabric with given strength to line tension. Non-woven fabric (110) has multiple first regions (1), second regions (8) and third regions (9) such that second regions (8) are disposed on both sides of each of the first regions (1) and such that a third region (9) is disposed on the side of each of the second regions (8) opposite to the first region side. The first regions (1) exhibit the highest content of laterally oriented fibers while the second regions (8) exhibit the highest content of longitudinally oriented fibers.