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The Aztecs would take several large mats of floating plants and stack them on top of each other on a mud flat. Canals were then dug round them for drainage. Waste and compost was added on the top.
They measured 10 x 110 meters and were set out in a grid pattern. They were used to grow root vegetables, grain and fruit.
In 1519 there were about 100,000 people living off 10,000 hectares of chinampa in the Mexican Basin.
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How are chinampas different from polders?
Polders are low-lying plots of land protected by dikes from a body of water. Chinampas are built up plots or "floating gardens" surrounded by water.
Who invented the floating garden?
The Aztecs & they are called chinampas.
What are chinampas?
chinampaChinampa is a term describing a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. They are sometimes refered to as floating gardens.For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below.artificial islands built on lakes for agricultural purposes
What is the second and third form of verb of built?
build builds built built building.
Who built Itaipu dam?
Who built Itaipu dam?
Did the Aztecs construct chinampas?
Yes, The Aztecs constructed Chinampas.
What are the chinampas and how was it built (Aztecs)?
Chinampas are earth that floats on water made by the hand of man.Chinampas were gardens made by piling up mud from the bottom of the lake in the city of Tenochtitlan.
How are chinampas different from polders?
Polders are low-lying plots of land protected by dikes from a body of water. Chinampas are built up plots or "floating gardens" surrounded by water.
Who made chinampas?
I created chinampas, I am the god of chinampas
What were Aztecs like?
It was swampy because it was on a lake. Also because it was on a lake they built Chinampas to expand their land
What were the floating islands called that were used by the Aztecs to grow food?
Aztec "floating gardens" called chinampas really didn't float, they were small man made islands. They were commonly used in Ancient Mexico and Central America and specifically in Tenochtitlan
The Aztec farmed using floating islands called what?
chinampas :-)
What is a sentence for chinampas?
Chinampas ain't a word, so I ain't gonna use it.
How might these factors have influenced the Aztec ' s success?
Aztec success revolved around opportunities in agriculture. They built chinampas and credited their fortune to their gods
How did the geography of Tenochtitlan help the chinampas?
There was Lake Texcoco alongside of Tenochtitlan so it helped provide water for the chinampas.
Did mayans use chinampas?
I think that the Aztec's created the 'floating gardens" or Chinampas. I am 99.9% sure but maybe not. Sorry if I get this question wrong. :)
What might you see on a chinampas?
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