File:Lascar Detail of the agricultural terraces. Some of them are 4 meters high (4548186901).jpg
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| Description | The terraces had two purposes: the most important was to ensure food, then, secondly, erosion of the land could be blocked this way. In places where there were no terraces, the land could simply flow down into the valley due to occasional massive rains, earthquakes or erosion that comes with times. The Incas were not afraid that something might fall on their heads from the mountains above, the terraces held everything in place. The Incas not only controlled the water, but also used different types of earth for planting various species of plants. Parts of Machu Picchu are covered agricultural terraces. On some parts of the city, the aqueducts have been put into function in order to show the tourists how the network was working centuries ago. Though, no plants are planted in the Machu Picchu terraces. If you want to see how the terraces are actively used to grow food, then you'll have to visit the numerous villages in the Sacred Valley [rediscovermachupicchu.com] |
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| Author | Jorge Láscar from Australia |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Jorge Lascar at https://www.flickr.com/photos/8721758@N06/4548186901. It was reviewed on 2 April 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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