Chinampas

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noun

A method of Mesoamerican agriculture using small, rectangular, artificial islands created in shallow lake beds for growing crops.

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The Chinampas along the canal of the Viga are no longer floating gardens, but fixed to the mainland in the marshy grounds lying between the two great lakes of Chalco and Tezcuco.

From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

Chinampas are formed by laying upon the soft mud a very thick coating of reeds, or rather rushes, in the form and about the size of one of our largest canal scows.

From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson

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Possible Synonyms

floating gardens
lake-bed farming
raised beds
Mesoamerican hydroculture
Aztec agricultural plot

Possible Antonyms

land-based cultivation
dry farming
terrestrial agriculture
pastoralism
terrace farming