| In the Valley of Mexico the chinampas benefited from a remarkable system of control of water that is only now being studied with any care. |
| With the mild climate and ample water for irrigation, the chinampas yielded multiple harvests each year. |
| Here ingenuity led to more advanced ways of growing food, by covering rafts of branches and roots with earth to create chinampas or floating gardens. |
| The chinampas were an ingenious solution to a dilemma that had vexed the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico for more than a millennium. |
| There are often no measurements given for chinampas, but only the number of chinampas in a given location. |
| I've had the privilege of visiting the chinampas of Xochimilco on several occasions, and exploring deep inside to see the last few agricultural chinampas that still produce food for the market. |
