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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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

Their gardens, like their town, were constructed upon the Chinampas, or floating beds of earth and wicker work, which were anchored in the lake.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

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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