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Irrigate [water] their land to grow crops.

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Q: What were farmers trying to do when they moved the water from the rivers?
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To do this farmers moved 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.


Why did farmers move water from rivers?

Irrigation


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.


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.


How did the flooding rivers help farmers of ancient India?

The flooding rivers helped the farmers of ancient India by leaving fresh silt behind, which makes the land fertile.


How do the rivers of south Asia affect farmland?

If they flood they could damage the crops because farmers their plant crops close to the rivers so they get the water