Water taken from the River Nile is used to irrigate crops grown along the Nile valley.
The Egyptian irrigation ditches brought water from the River Nile to water food crops growing along the Nile Valley.
They used the Nile River for irrigation and transportation.
An irrigation system allows the watering of food crops along the River Nile.
Without it they could not grow crops.
Transport and irrigation.
irrigation
Today the Nile River is used for fishing, transportation, hydroelectricity, agricultural irrigation, and drinking water.
The Nile would flood the banks and deposit rich soil. It was also a water source for crops and animals.
soil, and irrigation for farming. :) They also used it for transportation
they used irrigation
Irrigation really started in Ancient Egypt when the pharaohs used ditches to move water from the Nile River to the crop fields.