they used cannals?
Farmers could use the water to water the crops
Rain
4. How did ancient farmers use the water of the Indus river system to help grow crops?
irrigation
They Can Use Groundwater
irrigation
In order to have healthy crops the Egyptians used irrigation techniques to water their crops. Irrigation is the artificial application of water to crops.
Farm
Egyptian farmers would use most of their crops for their own consumption. A very small portion of their crops were sold at markets. Peasants would use their crops as a form of payment for taxes, medicine, and goods needed for their survival. Trade was another practice with the Greeks and Romans to obtain foods that the Egyptians could not grow themselves.
Without the water, low-rainfall Egypt was mostly desert.
drinking water sewage crops soil
farmers eat cash crops