USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chinampa (Nahuatl languages: chināmitl [tʃiˈnaːmitɬ]) is a technique used in Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chinampas helped make agriculture easier in these lake regions, as they essentially created more land and they interconnected lands in bodies of water around the growing populations. Chinampas were used through the 19th century but did face decline after the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in Mesoamerica.

Detailed explanation-3: -In some places, the long raised beds had ditches in between them, giving plants continuous access to water and making crops grown there independent of rainfall. Chinampas were separated by channels wide enough for a canoe to pass. These raised, well-watered beds had very high crop yields with up to 7 harvests a year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chinampas were essentially man-made islands, raised bed gardens on the surface of Lake Texcoco’s shallow waters. The Aztecs centered their empire in the Valley of Mexico, with its central basin leading up into the mountains surrounding the valley.

Detailed explanation-5: -The chinampas agricultural system is a set of artificial floating islands, primarily used in southern Mexico; lake area Xochimilco in Mexico has the most famous present-day chinampas system. Chinampas are traditionally built based on oral wisdom transmitted since the time of the Aztecs.