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What is it called when farmers water their fields with water from the ground of a river?
This is called irrigation - specifically it is "surface 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
How did they bring river water to the fields in Egypt?
they didn't 'bring' river water to the fields it flooded each year
What did ancient farmers use to bring water to their fields?
They used levee canals to bring water to their fields.
Is a river surface or ground water?
Ground water
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.
