Aterraced wall, also aterrace wall, or aterraced retaining wall is awall that is divided into sections (terraces) over a slope. Such designs are useful when building on a steepgrade. Terraced walls may be built with many differentmaterials.

Somecraters have terraced walls, which includescomplex craters.^[1][2]

Apartially terraced wall is designed so that the upper terrace and lower terrace come back together, forming a taller wall. The wall may still work well, but may haveaesthetic issues.^[3]

There are two types. In anindependent terraced wall, the upper wall applies little or no weight load on the lower wall. In adependent terraced wall, the upper wall places a weight load on the lower wall.^[4]

• Buttress
• Buttress dam
• Flying buttress
• Load-bearing wall
• Retaining wall
• Terrace (building)
• Terrace (earthworks)
• Terrace garden

• Information on building a terraced garden
• US government's NASA on a crater with a terraced wall
• A youtube, on constructing a terrace wall
• Another youtube
• A youtube, on building rock walls for garden terraces

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