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The 24 pages that link to Terrace farming, each with the reason it gives.

• Soil erosionRelated: Terraces shorten slopes and intercept runoff before it gains erosive force.

• Kingdom of AksumRelated: Terraces helped sustain agriculture in Aksum’s highland heartland.

• Soil conservationRelated: Terraces interrupt long slopes, reducing water speed and erosion on cultivated hillsides.

• Loess PlateauRelated: Terraces slow runoff on steep loess slopes and support cultivated land.

• Mit’aRelated: State labor obligations could build and maintain agricultural terraces.

• Andean civilizationsRelated: Terraces expanded cultivable land on steep Andean hillsides and reduced erosion.

• ValleyRelated: Terraces make steep valley sides usable while slowing soil erosion.

• High AtlasRelated: High Atlas communities use terraces to cultivate steep slopes and manage scarce water.

• Zapotec civilizationRelated: Terracing helped communities cultivate Oaxaca’s rugged highland terrain.

• Swat ValleyRelated: Terraces help cultivate Swat’s steep terrain and limited flat land.

• Mandara MountainsRelated: Terraces have long enabled cultivation on steep Mandara slopes.

• Agriculture in MesoamericaRelated: Terraces made steep Mesoamerican terrain more usable for crops.

• Northern ThailandRelated: Some highland communities use terraces to cultivate steep terrain.

• Abiod ValleyRelated: Terraces make limited cultivable ground usable around valley settlements.

• Al-Baha ProvinceRelated: Terraces have enabled agriculture on Al-Baha’s steep mountain slopes.

• CévennesRelated: Terraces let communities farm steep Cévennes valley sides.

• Dogon peopleRelated: Terraces help make steep, erosion-prone land cultivable.

• KabyliaRelated: Terraces make cultivation possible on Kabylia’s steep mountain slopes.

• Upland and lowlandRelated: Terracing adapts steep upland slopes to farming while limiting runoff.