They controlled their floods by creating canals and lakes to help hold the water when a flood occured.
They couldn't control the massive flooding, but harvested the water in dams and canals to irrigate their fields.
They built Levey's to trap the water
With dams, canals and channels.
Through dams, weirs and canals.
The uncertain flooding of the rivers
Back in those days there weren't many roads, but they had boats to travel in and rivers to travel on which they used instead as much as possible. Yearly flooding of low areas also supplied fertilization to the fields which gave good harvests.
The affect of rivers flooding in Mesopotamia was that the rivers would deposit silt which was very good for growing crops
The Mesopotamians built canals because they need a way to water there plants and they need a way to control there river flows
they made irrigation systems and the rivers flooded so that helped
the Sumerians had rich soil and water to grow crops and were able to control the rivers flooding.
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.
Sumerians in Ancient Mesopotamia, built sun-dried mud brick walls along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to prevent flooding and they dug irrigation canals if the river became dry.
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.
The people of India used irrigation canals to take control of the floods.
The sumerians used dikes and ditches.
The flooding rivers helped the farmers of ancient India by leaving fresh silt behind, which makes the land fertile.
The uncertain flooding of the rivers
Egyptian and Chinese
Egyptian and Chinese
Yes. The Nile River, like most rivers can flood. The ancient Egyptians lived close to the river and used its periodic flooding to help their crops.
Back in those days there weren't many roads, but they had boats to travel in and rivers to travel on which they used instead as much as possible. Yearly flooding of low areas also supplied fertilization to the fields which gave good harvests.