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What is it called when farmers water their fields with water from the ground of a river?
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∙ 12y ago
This is called irrigation - specifically it is "surface irrigation".
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∙ 14y agoIrrigation.
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What do you call it when farmers water their fields with water from the ground or river?
Irrigation.
In Egypt how did farmers get water to there fields?
farmers used the shaduf to irrigate their fields :):) its true
How was the water of river Nile diverted into the fields?
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.
Who was a shadoof used by?
A shadoof is used by farmers who need to get water for their crops or fields when the river(s) aren't easily available. They are used to get water from below ground level (a hole) or off a small cliff that the river usually fills to the top.
What did farmers move water from rivers to do?
Farmers pumping river water and spraying the water onto their fields of growing crops is known as crop irrigation.
Why is the Huang he river called the china sorrow?
because the river often leaving farmers to starve .
How was the water diverted into the fields of Egypt?
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.
In the early 1800's the Mississippi river was important to the US because it?
Provided water for irrigation of fields,silt from the river fertilized the fields along the river banks,and was also used as mode of conveyance up and down the river.
What are two thing the nile river provided for the farmers?
Water for irrigation of crops. Annual flooding that fertilises the fields by the deposition of nutrient silt.
When an entire river emerges from the ground it is called a?
spring
What is it called when supplying water for crop fields usually from a nearby river or lake?
Irrigation.
What river flooded the fields in Egypt?
The Nile river flooded the fields in Egypt.
