rice fields
Waterlogged grain plots
Rice fields are flooded agricultural land where rice is cultivated.
The shallow standing water creates ideal growing conditions for the crop.
Rice fields dominate the landscape across much of Asia, often terraced into hillsides: The rice fields turned golden as harvest approached.
Also called rice paddies or simply paddies.
- paddiesFlooded cultivation plots
- egretsWhite wading birds
- bundsPolitical leagues or alliances
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- water managementControlling aquatic resource distribution
transplanting · green shoots · water buffalo · wetlands · harvesting · terracing · plowing · seedlings · golden stalks · subsistence farming · food security · heritage crops · mechanization · monsoon · biodiversity · flood management · community rituals · folklore
- IndonesiaIndonesia, Java, Sumatra, Indonesian, Borneo
- Central ValleySan Joaquin Valley, Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto
- floodplain farmingfloodplains, paddy fields, fertile soil, irrigation canals, flood irrigation
- Po ValleyLombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Milan, Turin
- Khuzestanoil fields, oil industry, sugarcane, date palms, petroleum
- MurciaMurcia, Cartagena, Fortuna, Portman, saltwater lagoon
rice fieldsdry farming
Cultivation without artificial watering
wheat farms · cattle ranches · grazing land · wheat fields · cornfields
rice fieldsdesert
To leave behind completely
sand dunes · urban sprawl · concrete jungle · industrial zones · city blocks