Level areas of valley floors that are not flooded. Abandoned floodplains.

In geologic terms, these are flat broad benches of land that lie above the immediate floodplain of a stream. Terraces represent a prior floodplain level of the stream.

Remnants of an abandoned floodplain, composed of alluvium, or in the case of a deeply incised canyon, of solid rock.

The Terraces of the Bahá'í Faith are garden terraces that form nine above and nine below the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel within Haifa, Israel. Also known as the Hanging Gardens of Haifa and described as the Eighth Wonder of the World, they are one of the most visited tourist attractions in Israel. The architect is Fariborz Sahba from Canada.

Stone walls that hold soil for farming.

a series of horizontal ridges made in a hillside to increase cultivatable land, conserve moisture, or minimize erosion Minnesota: Modern Farming

Artificially leveled areas on slopes.

Long flat platforms of earth or land cut into sloping ground.

Long rows of inter-connected houses.