Carving a mountainside into stacked level fields, each held by a wall, so water soaks in instead of tearing the soil downhill. The rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, the Andean terraces of the Inca and the hillside vineyards of the Mediterranean are the same engineering answer, arrived at independently, to farming steep land. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice ClassLand shaping and erosion control 1 OriginDeveloped independently in the Andes, Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Mediterranean and highland Africa in antiquity 1 Environmental Effect Practice Class
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Rice, Crops Rice terraces (e.g. the Banaue and Longsheng terraces) are among the most iconic examples of terrace farming worldwide.
Tea Plant, Crops Tea is conventionally grown on hillside terraces in major producing regions such as Darjeeling and Yunnan.
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Source Terrace, Earthworks (Wikipedia)
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1. Terrace, Earthworks (Wikipedia)
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Terraced fields decrease both erosion and surface runoff
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Terraced fields decrease both erosion and surface runoff, and may be used to support growing crops that require irrigation, such as rice.
- In Discipline: Agricultural Engineering
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