The 

Banaue Rice Terraces (Filipino: Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are terraces that

were carved into the mountains of Banaue, Ifugao, in the Philippines, by the ancestors of
the indigenous people. The terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World".[1][2]
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 It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand.
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 The terraces are located approximately 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level. These are
fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces. It is said that if the
steps were put end to end, it would encircle half of the globe.[5]
Locals up to this day still plant rice and vegetables on the terraces, although more and more
younger Ifugaos do not find farming appealing,[6] often opting for the more lucrative hospitality
industry generated by the terraces.[7] The result is the gradual erosion of the characteristic
"steps", which require constant reconstruction and care. In 2010, a further problem encountered
was drought, with the terraces drying up completely in March of that year.[8]
Anthropologist Otley Beyer has estimated that the terraces are over 2000 years old, but several
researchers dispute this and contend that they were built much later.[9][10] There are also
giant earthworms ("olang" in Ifugao) of the genus Pheretima or Polypheretima elongata which
are blamed for causing damage to the terraces,[11] as well as rodents of the genus Chrotomis
mindorensis, and snails