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In agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation to slow or prevent the rapid surface runoff of irrigation water. Often such land is formed into multiple terraces, giving a stepped appearance. The human landscapes of rice cultivation in terraces that follow the natural contours of the escarpments like contour plowing is a classic feature of the island of Bali and the Banaue Rice Terraces in Benguet, Philippines. In Peru, the Inca made use of otherwise unusable slopes by drystone walling to create terraces. This form of land use is prevalent in many countries, and is used for crops requiring a lot of water, such as rice. Terraces are also easier for both mechanical and manual sowing and harvesting than a steep slope would be.
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Marlin Hettinger
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∙ 13y agoIn agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation to slow or prevent the rapid surface runoff of irrigation water. Often such land is formed into multiple terraces, giving a stepped appearance. The human landscapes of rice cultivation in terraces that follow the natural contours of the escarpments like contour plowing is a classic feature of the island of Bali and the Banaue Rice Terraces in Benguet, Philippines. In Peru, the Inca made use of otherwise unusable slopes by drystone walling to create terraces. This form of land use is prevalent in many countries, and is used for crops requiring a lot of water, such as rice. Terraces are also easier for both mechanical and manual sowing and harvesting than a steep slope would be.
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_(agriculture)
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∙ 11y agoTerrace farming is difficult to grow crop on slanted terrace of a mountain.Therefore,the slopes are considered to graduated terrace steps to cultivate crops, it is known Terrace farming.
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What technology helped the Inca to farm in the mountains?
They used terraced farming effective and creative their steps were neat and made of stone
What technology helped the Inca to farm in the mountain?
They used terraced farming effective and creative their steps were neat and made of stone
Why do cities form around hills and ridges?
to use a form of farming, called terraced farming you farm around hills or slopes.
What is a sentence with terraced in it?
They have a beautiful terraced lawn.
What part of speech is terraced?
The word terraced can be an adjective as in a terraced house. It is also a past tense verb.
Is a mesopotamian terraced scribe a ziggurat?
No, a Mesopotamian terraced scribe is not a Ziggurat. The answer would be A Mesopotamian terraced Pyramid is a ziggurat.
What are the latin root words for the word terraced?
The Latin root word for "terraced" is "terra," which means earth or land. "Terraced" refers to land that has been divided into horizontal levels or steps to create flat surfaces for cultivation or construction.
What are terraced houses?
Terraced houses are houses that are in a a row of three or more. Two attached houses are semi detached and 3 houses become terraced!
What farming technique is especially useful in mountainous regions?
Terraced Farming
How do you define terraced farming?
Terraced fields are used on mountainous landscapes to reduce erosion and surface runoff,
The alternation between soft and loud dynamics in baroque music is known as what?
Terraced Dynamics
What does reihenhaus?
Terraced house
