| 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. |
| The chinampas were an ingenious solution to a dilemma that had vexed the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico for more than a millennium. |
| 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. |
| There are often no measurements given for chinampas, but only the number of chinampas in a given location. |
| The chinampas were rectangular raised platforms built on a strong framework of posts, sticks, and tree branches anchored firmly to the lake bed and filled with earth. |
| The chinampas started as reclamation measures to drain swampy areas in the Valley of Mexico, a basin which had no exterior drainage.
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