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* Dubbed as the “Eight Wonder of the World". The rice terraces start from the base of the mountain range and reach up to several thousands feet high. It is said that its length, if put end to end, would encircle half of the globe. Made 2,000 years ago, these rice terraces manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdy Ifugaos. Streams and springs found in the mountains were tapped and channeled into irrigation canals that run downhill through the rice terraces. | * Dubbed as the “Eight Wonder of the World". The rice terraces start from the base of the mountain range and reach up to several thousands feet high. It is said that its length, if put end to end, would encircle half of the globe. Made 2,000 years ago, these rice terraces manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdy Ifugaos. Streams and springs found in the mountains were tapped and channeled into irrigation canals that run downhill through the rice terraces. | ||
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Banaue Rice Terraces
- Dubbed as the “Eight Wonder of the World". The rice terraces start from the base of the mountain range and reach up to several thousands feet high. It is said that its length, if put end to end, would encircle half of the globe. Made 2,000 years ago, these rice terraces manifest the engineering skill and ingenuity of the sturdy Ifugaos. Streams and springs found in the mountains were tapped and channeled into irrigation canals that run downhill through the rice terraces.
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