https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSuWDwfNVs
The Ancient Aztec's reclaimed swampy marsh land to feed a vast city in the middle of lake Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City. It was the biggest and best-fed city

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-americas/chinampas-001537
By 1519, when the first Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico, the Aztecs were in control of an empire that was inhabited by a population running in the millions. Daily Life of the Aztecs: A Blend of Agriculture, Hierarchy, and Culture; Saving Chinampas, Mexico's Ancient Floating Farms (Video)

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/chinampas-the-ancient-aztec-floating-gardens-that-hold-promise-for-future-urban-agriculture
The History of Chinampas. The chinampas were developed by the Aztecs around the 14th century in the Valley of Mexico, primarily in the shallow lakes of Xochimilco and Chalco. This region, now part of Mexico City, provided a fertile ground for the growth of the Aztec civilization. The chinampas were created by building small, rectangular plots

https://allthatsinteresting.com/chinampas
One such problem was food. As the Aztec Empire rose, the population of its capital, Tenochtitlan, exploded, putting pressure on the city to find a way to feed its citizens. So the Aztecs adopted the Mesoamerican agricultural system known as chinampas, building an elaborate system of floating gardens that would revolutionize farming in the region.

https://simplecapacity.com/2016/08/chinampas-floating-gardens-aztecs/
When Cortez discovered the Aztec Empire in the year 1519, he found 200,000 people living on an island in the middle of a lake. Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, was the biggest and best-fed city in the world, and this fortress city was completely surrounded by water. To feed their enormous population, the Aztecs ingeniously built chinampas, […]

https://mexicounexplained.com/chinampas-floating-gardens-of-ancient-mexico/
The Aztecs called chinampas chinamitl which means, "square made of sticks." Chinampas were measured in mati, with one mati equaling 1.667 meters. Using Aztec codexes and some colonial documents as guides, archaeologists and other researchers theorize that most Aztec chinampas measured roughly 100 feet by 10 feet.

https://www.historydefined.net/chinampas/
After much problem-solving and experimentation, the Aztecs perfected the building of artificial islands, or chinampas, made of reeds and stalks on nearby Lake Texcoco. These "floating gardens" were nicknamed as such because of the ingenious engineering of the Aztecs. Creating a system of collecting soil from the bottom of the shallow lake

https://www.britannica.com/topic/chinampa
The floating gardens (chinampas) of Xochimilco, near Mexico City, formerly supplied crops to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán and are still utilized for the cultivation of flowers and vegetables. (more) chinampa, small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes. Chinampan was the ancient name for the

https://www.thoughtco.com/chinampa-floating-gardens-170337
Cortes and the Aztec Floating Gardens . The first historical record of chinampas was by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who arrived in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) in 1519.At the time, the basin of Mexico where the city is located was characterized by an interconnected system of lakes and lagoons of varying size, elevation, and salinity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinampa
Chinampa (Nahuatl languages: chināmitl [tʃiˈnaːmitɬ]) is a technique used in Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico.The word chinampa has Nahuatl origins, chinampa meaning "in the fence of reeds". They are built up on wetlands of a lake or freshwater swamp for agricultural

https://www.ancientpages.com/2016/05/17/chinampas-artificial-islands-created-aztecs-improve-agriculture/
AncientPages.com - To improve their agriculture, the Aztecs built so-called chinampas. These were small, artificial islands created on a freshwater lake. The chinampas resembled floating gardens. Chinampas were used throughout the Valley of Mexico around the lake bed and were without doubt one of the reasons why Aztec's farming became famous.

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Relic Chinampas in Mexico City. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico was once the catchment for a group of five connected lakes that served as the backdrop for ancient city-states and empires, including Teotihuacan (800 B.C.E. to 800 C.E.), the Toltec Empire (950 to 1150 C.E.), and the Aztec Empire (1300 to 1521 C.E.).

https://www.historyonthenet.com/aztec-agriculture-floating-farms-fed-the-people
Aztec farmers built up the soil until it was above the surface of the lake. They planted fast-growing willow trees at the corners of the plots to attach the chinampa to the bottom of the lake by the trees' roots. At the height of the Aztec Empire, thousands of these fertile and productive chinampas surrounded Tenochtitlan and other Aztec cities.

https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/chinampas-floating-islands-made-the-aztecs/
Chinampas were artificial agricultural islands built on freshwater lakes throughout Mesoamerica, particularly in the region of Xochimilco, in the Valley of Mexico. These "floating" islands are, in fact, stationary. They consist of a small rectangular area, about 10 to 20 meters wide (20 to 35 feet) and 100 to 200 meters long.

https://medium.com/@patrick-oh-sglion65/the-aztec-floating-farms-of-the-middle-post-classic-period-feeding-a-nation-until-the-spanish-b46340756f7d
The Aztecs, faced with limited arable land, ingeniously developed a system of artificial islands known as chinampas. These floating gardens were built by dredging nutrient-rich mud from the lake

https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/the-ingenious-floating-gardens-of-the-aztecs
Among the many inventions of the Aztec culture are universal education, soccer, scarlet red dye, and the chinampas. These floating agricultural islands are constructed using technology still applicable today and could provide a solution to help ease food shortages around the world. (Huitzilopochtli) Location, location, location

https://mexicanroutes.com/chinampas-aztec-floating-gardens/
Chinampas are artificial islands built by the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico. These Aztec floating gardens were constructed on freshwater lakes, including Lake Texcoco, and were used for agricultural purposes. The word "chinampa" comes from the Nahuatl word "chināmitl" ("square made of canes") and the Nahuatl locative, "pan".

https://fourstringfarm.com/2014/04/01/the-floating-gardens-of-aztecs/
When Cortez discovered the Aztec Empire in the year 1519, he found 200,000 people living on an island in the middle of a lake. Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City, was the biggest and best-fed city in the world, and this fortress city was completely surrounded by water. To feed their enormous population, the Aztecs ingeniously built chinampas, […]

https://growingspaces.com/floating-gardens/
Rows upon rows of floating gardens also known as chinampas. People on canoes travel through the canals while they tend to their crops and animals. This innovative farming technique sustained a thriving civilization in an area that would have otherwise been uninhabitable. While the majority of the city of Tenochtitlan was destroyed by Spanish

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221009-the-return-of-aztec-floating-farms
The return of Aztec floating farms. (Credit: Matt Mawson/Getty Images) In Mexico City, a 700-year-old Aztec farming technique is giving a sustainable edge to modern agriculture. It was early on a

https://verticalfarmingplanet.com/the-full-history-of-vertical-farming-when-did-it-all-start/
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Aztec's "Chinampas" were the first shadow types of vertical farming. In the 1900s, Gilbert Ellis coined the term "vertical farming," which took true form in Armenia in 1951. In 1991, Dickson Despommmier articulated the concept as it's known today. Many are still skeptical of vertical farming

https://anciently.net/19286/
In conclusion, the Aztecs' ability to feed 200,000 people in a challenging, marshy terrain through their creation of floating gardens remains a testament to their ingenuity and adaptability. Their innovative agricultural practices not only solved a pressing problem but also left a lasting impact on the way we think about sustainable food

https://blurredbylines.com/blog/tenochtitlan-aztec-architecture-agriculture/
In the early days of Tenochtitlan, flooding was a significant problem for these lake-dwelling gardens. To control the flow of water to the chinampas, the Aztecs built a complex aqueduct and irrigation system that included dams and gates to control water flow. When the dry season hit in summer, laborers physically carried water to the plots.