Terrace (earthworks)

<p>A terrace in <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a> is a flat surface that has been cut into hills or mountains to provide areas for the cultivation for crops, as a method of more effective <a href="/facts/Farming/TGztqzJs">farming</a>. Terrace agriculture or cultivation is when these platforms are created successively down the terrain in a pattern that resembles the steps of a staircase. As a type of <a href="/facts/Landscaping/qVjbPTmT">landscaping</a>, it is called terracing. 
</p><p>Terraced fields decrease both <a href="/facts/Erosion/gaGJXy0W">erosion</a> and <a href="/facts/Surface_runoff/zPxoaA0D">surface runoff</a>, and may be used to support growing crops that require <a href="/facts/Irrigation/RWX5PEgK">irrigation</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Rice/wvL1hBCz">rice</a>. The <a href="/facts/Rice_Terraces_of_the_Philippine_Cordilleras/s4xdjAFT">Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras</a> have been designated as a UNESCO <a href="/facts/World_Heritage_Site/6AbWWKV4">World Heritage Site</a> because of the significance of this technique.
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Terrace (earthworks)