The river valley civilizations used their river to flourish there civilization as well for farming and trading purposes. The local bodies of water provided a transporting system which helped the civilization in transporting goods as well as for importing and exporting. The river civilizations were all water monopoly empires that maintained power and control over access to water.
because farmers grow crops seasonally and in some parts of the country the ground is frozen during the winter making things impossible for farmers its actually really simple