Chinampas, also called floating gardens, are small, stationary, artificial islands built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes. Chinampan was the ancient name for the southwestern region of the Valley of Mexico, the region of Xochimilco, and it was there that the technique was—and is still—most widely used. Chinampa (Nahuatl languages: chināmitl [tʃiˈnaːmitɬ]) is a […]