World Rivers Why are crops grown close to

World Rivers

Why are crops grown close to the Nile and Yellow Rivers? §Rivers Bring Life to Farms and Cities

Vocabulary Riverbank irrigation flow Source silt

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Basra, Iraq Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Cairo, Egypt Nile River: Ancient Egypt

Anyang, China Yellow River: Early Asian Civilizations

Big Question: Why are crops grown close to the Nile and Yellow Rivers? Make predictions

river A body of flowing water that follows a set path This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

riverbank the land at the edge of a river This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

source A supply where an item such as water can be obtained This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

irrigation watering of crops by moving water from a well, a river, or a lake, to a place where it does not rain enough to grow crops This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

What does Ahmed’s observaction that most people in Egypt live near the river ell you about this fact? THINK-PAIR-SHARE

What role did the Nile River play in the building of the pyramids? THINK-PAIR-SHARE

What helped the farmers of Egypt to grow food for the people of that country? THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Haung He: The Yellow River This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

silt tiny pieces of soil or earth carried by the water in a river This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

to move; water moves downstream in a river flow This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY