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Farmers pumping river water and spraying the water onto their fields of growing crops is known as crop irrigation.
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Why did farmers move water from rivers?
Irrigation
What farmers moved water from the rivers to do this?
Farmers take or divert water from a river for irrigation purposes, and to water their crops.
Farmers who moved water from rivers to do this in mesopotamia?
They dug holes to move it and they built dams to make sure they had enough water but there crops didn't flood.
To do this farmers moved water from rivers?
Irrigation
How do rivers help farmers with harvest and crops?
Rivers provide water for irrigation, allowing farmers to grow crops even in dry seasons. Additionally, rivers help transport nutrients and sediment to farmlands, enriching the soil and promoting crop growth. In some cases, rivers also serve as a means of transportation for farmers to move their harvest to markets or processing facilities.
How does water move in rivers?
Gravity, rivers flow downhill
What were farmers trying to do when they moved the water from the rivers?
Irrigate [water] their land to grow crops.
What bodies of water are used by many farmers to get their goods to the market?
Rivers
Why were rivers important to the first farmers?
The rivers were so important to the farmers in Mesopotamia because then the farmers can get water for their crops in order to trade for goods and services.
How did mesopotamia farmers use the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to solve the problem of low rainfall?
They used the rivers' water for irrigation.
What water sources did the farmers have during the European middle ages?
they used rivers and streams to collect water
Farmers in Mesopotamia depended on on the rivers to do what yearly?
Replenish the soil and provide water for the crops.
