THE FERTILE CRESENT

THE RIVERS

• There are two rivers that make the fertile cresent.
• The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
• The land in between the rivers is called Mesopatamia.
• These rivers are used for irrigation.

AGRICULTURE

• They use a system called irrigation to bring water to their crops.
• Irrigation is where people dig little canals to water the plants.
• They grew all types of plants for food.
• Some examples are wheat and barly

LEVEES

• Levees are a system of walls that keep water inside their banks
• Incase of a flood levees block out water and protect the people

DROUGHTS

• A drought is when a land gets no water for a long period of time
• A drought kills most crops
• In a drought most people cant use water

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