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Terrace farming is a method of farming that consists of different "steps" or terraces that were developed in various places around the world. The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (hills and mountains) is a World Heritage Site. It dates back two thousand years.

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Rice terraces in Vietnam, nearby Khau Phạ Pass, Mù Cang Chải District

This method of farming uses "steps" that are built into the side of a mountain or hill. On each level, various crops are planted. When it rains, instead of washing away all of the nutrients in the soil, the nutrients are carried down to the next level. Additionally, these steps prevent a free flowing avalanche of water that would take plants with it and destroy all of the crops on the hillside. This system also allowed them to build aqueducts, which carried water to each level.

The idea was also independently developed by the Inca people. The Incas built their aqueduct system so well that it is still used today.

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  • Jati Luwih

    Rice terraces, Bedugul, Bali.

  • Cultivation terraces, Walkerburn (geograph 2232191)

    Cultivation terraces, Walkerburn

  • Terraced fields Sa Pa Vietnam

    Terraced fields in Sa Pa, Vietnam.

  • Tetang terraced fields

    Tetang Village terraced fields, Mustang District

  • Samar terraced fields

    Terraced fields in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal

  • Kabal Swat valley

    Terraced field in Kabal Swat valley, Pakistan.

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    Terraced farmland in Peru, adopted by the Inca.

  • Terraced hay field - NARA - 286147

    Terraced hay fields in the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1930s.

  • 1 bali rice terrace 2011

    Rice terrace in Bali

  • 1 bali jatiluwih rice terrace panorama

    Jatiluwih rice terrace in Bali, Indonesia.

  • Batad Rice Terraces after the rain

    The Batad Rice Terraces in Ifugao, Philippines.

  • Banaue Rice Terrace Close Up (2)

    The Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao, Philippines.

  • Rice cultivation Nepal Lower Himalayas

    Rice cultivation, Lower Himalayas, Nepal.

  • Terrace field guangxi longji china

    Longsheng Rice Terrace in Longsheng county, Guangxi Province, southern China.

  • Terrace field yunnan china

    Abstract pattern of terraced rice fields in Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China

  • 2007 1206 Cleared Hani rice terraces

    Image from Yuanyang, showing the rice terrace walls after harvest, weed removal, flooding and plowing.

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    Terrace fields in Northern Thailand at the end of the dry season

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    Lynchet system near Bishopstone in Wiltshire

  • Coteauxlayon

    Terrace vineyard in the coteaux du Layon on the commune of Faye-d’Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France

  • Panorama of Gozo

    Terraced fields in Gozo, Malta

  • Bancales de Pinos del Valle

    Terraced mixed citrus and olive groves in the Lecrin Valley, Andalusia, Spain.

  • Rice field

    rice cultivation in West Bengal, India.

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