Why Do People Suffer From Living Along Rivers

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Throughout the history of these civilizations the one common factor has been the importance of the rivers. Many early civilizations developed on deltas at the mouths of major rivers or in river valleys such as the Nile, Indus, Huang He, and Tigris and Euphrates. Living along the rivers have brought prosperity and suffering to people. There are two reasons people are suffering from living along rivers. The two reason are floods and erosion . Floods can cause houses damage, create mudslide, sinkholes, and erosion that can injure people. In document eight the picture shows a man and his child trying to look for a safe place before the flood get worst. Erosion can case big chunks of rocks to fall to the river and might injure someone during a