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Meaning of chinampas

chinampas: It is a millenary cultivation system used in Mexico, using floating platforms. The word originates from the Nahuatl chinamitl meaning keto or near reeds. It is a method of extension of the agricultural frontier on lakes and lagoons. Vegetable and vegetables are cultivated.; they are losbalsas or floating platforms on which it grew mostly vegetables-; Chinampa:Metodo of agriculture through rafts covered with soil, are used to grow vegetables and flowers.