Ridge and Furrow - Similar Agricultural Landforms

Similar Agricultural Landforms

  • Rig and furrow, cultivation ridges created by spade digging
  • Cord rig, cultivation ridges created by spade digging
  • Lazy beds, cultivation ridges created by spade digging
  • Lynchets, sloping terraces on steep hillsides, created by gravity on hillslopes subject to ploughing
  • Raised bed gardening, a modern system of raising cultivated land above the surrounding ground
  • Run rig and rundale, Scottish and Irish land-use patterns named after their characteristic ridges and furrows
  • Water-meadows, grassland with ridges and dips to control irrigation – superficially similar to ridge and furrow, but the origin, pattern and use were very different

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