the water was diverted by digging ditches in the ground going through the fields, when the tied of the river raised then it would travel down these ditches, the ground would then soak it up and the plants would suck it in. The ditches were called aqueducts.
An irrigation system brings water to fields.
The term "irrigation" is used for the transport of water for agriculture.
generally known as irrigation
bringing water from river to the field
irrigation
diversion of water to the fields a system of cannals from the rivers
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the water was diverted by digging ditches in the ground in the fields, when the river raised then it would go down. the ground will soak the water and the plants would grow.
By the Romans and Mesopotamians digging cannels and the water flowed through the cannels:)
they didn't 'bring' river water to the fields it flooded each year
water from the nile was diverted by digging ditches in the ground in fields, when the river raised the water would go down the ditches. the ground would then soak up the water and plants would grow.
yes they did to water their fields and keep chrack of it
farmers used the shaduf to irrigate their fields :):) its true
The Nile river flooded the fields in Egypt.
The water supply to the Aral Sea was diverted for irrigation in central Asia.
Open channel gravity system. The water is diverted from river Nayndo by means of a diversion weir and conveyed to the head of farm fields via gravity open channel
Farming was only possible in Egypt in the flood plains of the Nile river. Every year the Nile floods, carrying nutrient-rich silt over the flood plains and fertilizing the fields on both sides of the river. Water flowing through the Nile is fresh and was used for irrigation on the fields. Away from the water of the Nile River, Egypt has a desert climate and farming is either subsistence or impossible.