It was a close resource for water and it supplied water to people's farmland and it had fertile soil.
Early civilizations developed near any river valleys. The most common river valleys was the Nile RIver of Egypt, Tigris and Euphrates river in the fertile crescent and the yellow river/Huang he river in china. the reason for the settlement near the river valleys was the fertile land. Nomads did not have to move around for food and home. THey learned to grow crops and domesticate animals. River valleys gave nomads a place to stay and develop towns and villages which led to societies and a civilization.
In Nile River
the Nile river
The valleys gave an assured source of abundant food and water.
Usually alongside or near rivers.
They were in fertile river valleys that had good soil to farm on.
Around productive, well watered land, usually river valleys.
Ruins of early civilizations were most commonly found in valleys formed by the flow of dried out rivers.
Rivers allow for transport Rivers provide water and food River floodplains are fertile
The annually renewed soil from the river flooding provided the surplus of food on which a civilisation can develop.
The occupied fertile river valleys, which gave them the surplus produce on which civilisation could develop.
River valleys are formed by stream erosion.