Back in the days when they were building cities, having access to a river meant access to transportation. Goods could be shipped in from a port city, and products could be shipped out for trade with other cities. No need to build roads or rail. Just needed a boat.
because the river might over flow
The river you are referring to would be the river Lee. It is the river that the city of Cork is built on.
The Sumerians couldn't take the heat so they made a irrigation system. The built canals that connect to the river but the problem was that there crops would get ruined from the floods the irrigation system.
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That would be when people built their homes by the river.
The river Shannon is the main river in Ireland. There are also some other rivers of significance, due to the more important towns and cities that are built on them, like the river Liffey on which Dublin is built or the Lee on which Cork is built. The Shannon would still be the most important river.
multinationals should not be built next to a river bank because the bp oil spill has happened and if it happens to one of the multinationals next to a river bank all the oil would run into the sea and this would be called pollution
The leeves were built to keep the river from flooding the town. In the past, the river would overflow its banks every year, due to the snow melting in the north. But they wanted to keep the growing city dry, so they built leeves.
Since the vast majority of the population live in and around the Nile [and the pyramids were built nearby] it is only feasible that burials took place close by - therefore that is where most mummies would be found.
There are several reasons why system software is close to the system. The biggest reason is that without the system software the programming would not work properly. They system software is what runs the machine.
The Yangtze River Dolphin became extinct because China built the Three Gorges Dam. The dolphins had nowhere to live and died out.If they had not built the dam, they Yangtze River Dolphin would still be swimming.Anonymous age 12
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