terraced gardens
Hillside layered beds
Terraced gardens are gardens built on slopes in a series of level platforms, each supported by retaining walls or embankments.
The stepped design prevents erosion, manages water runoff, and creates flat growing areas on otherwise unusable hillsides.
The technique dates back millennia, from ancient rice paddies to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon: The terraced gardens cascaded down the mountainside.
- hanging gardensMulti-level suspended plantings
- contour linesLines joining equal elevations
- rice paddiesFlooded fields for grain
- retaining wallsStructures resisting lateral soil pressure
- stone masonryBuilding with cut rock
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terraced gardenswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
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Open grassy flatland
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