元阳梯田,位于中国云南省红河州元阳县镜内,地处哀牢山南段,总面积约2万多平方公里。平均气温约为15～20度,温差大,雨量充沛,由于垂直气候带的元阳又有“十里不同天”之说,特殊的地理气候造就了哈尼、彝等民族特殊的生产与生活方式。他们在海拔约200至2000米、坡度25度左右的沟壑山岭间开凿了19万亩层层叠叠的梯田,据说这些梯田追溯起来已有2000年的历史。 Yuanyang Terraces, located in Yuanhe County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, is located in the southern section of Ailao Mountain with a total area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers. The average temperature is about 15 ~ 20 degrees, the temperature difference is large, abundant rainfall, due to the vertical climatic zone of Yuanyang again “different ten days,” said, a special geographical climate created Hani, Yi and other ethnic special production and life the way. They dug 190,000 hectares of terrace terraces between about 200-2000 meters above sea level and about 25 degrees above the slopes of gully mountains. These terraces are said to have traced back 2,000 years of history.