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terraced landscape

Definition:
Landscape resulting from the method of cultivating land by cutting terraces or benches into slopes to create areas of flat land. The practice is common in mountainous areas where land is scarce and rainfall uncertain. (Source: GOODa)
broader terms
landscape
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
LAND (landscape, geography)
Themes:
agriculture
natural areas, landscape, ecosystems
Arabic: منطر طبيعي مدرَّج
Basque: zapalda-paisaia
Bulgarian: Терасиран ландшафт
Catalan: paisatge en terrasses
Chinese: 梯田景观
Croatian: terasasti krajolik
Czech: krajina terasovitá
Danish: terrasselandskab
Dutch: terraslandschap
English (US): terraced landscape
Estonian: terrassmaastik
Finnish: pengerretty maisema
French: paysage en terrasses
German: Terassenförmige Landschaft
Greek: τοπίο σε αναβαθμίδες
Hungarian: teraszos táj
Irish: tírdhreach sraithe
Italian: paesaggio a terrazze
Latvian: lēzena ainava
Lithuanian: terasinis kraštovaizdis
Maltese: pajsaġġ [imtarraġ] -
Norwegian: terrasseformet landskap
Polish: krajobraz tarasowaty
Portuguese: paisagens em socalcos
Romanian: peisaj terasat
Russian: террасированный ландшафт
Slovak: terasovite upravená krajina
Slovenian: terasirana pokrajina
Spanish: paisaje aterrazado
Swedish: terasslandskap
Turkish: teraslı peyzaj
Ukrainian: терасований ландшафт
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/10233>