Well, Egypt will always have the White Nile, though that could be racis'.
Posted on 07/15/2020 2:20:59 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam began construction in 2011 and is due to begin filling with water this month
500ft-high, 6,000ft-wide, £3billion construction project spans the Blue Nile, the Egyptian Nile's main source
Egypt bitterly opposes the project, which it calls an 'existential threat' and has hinted it could go to war over it
Satellite images now appear to show lake behind the dam filling up, threatening to spark a war in east Africa
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Ethiopia chose not to fund the project through international loans, instead relying on government bonds that citizens, major companies and the state bank were heavily pressured into buying, along with private loans
Though China is not officially funding the project, multi-million pound construction contracts have been awarded to Chinese companies, and the country is also a major lender to Ethiopia - contributing £2.6million in loans, the majority made after construction of the dam started
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The 3 Gorges Dam is under high pressure from all the rain in China—
Why would anyone use Chinese construction for another dam???
Contemporary godsgravesglyphs?
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Because the Chinese do “For you such a deal ! “ & bribes for all !
Ten bucks on Egypt
Well, Egypt will always have the White Nile, though that could be racis'.
People dying of thirst will most definitely respond.
It would only take a plane full of fertilizer to open the river up again.
Blue Nile provides 60% of the water that reaches Egypt.
The Answan High Dam was an ecological disaster. Now they are going to double down.
Those Chicoms are busy aren’t they?
Sounds like they’re just in denial.
(Sorry...old joke.)
Not so fast Kemosabi...Sudan might ask China for help on a White Nile dam...that's a very narrow strip of arable land on either bank of the Egyptian Nile...tinder box coming soon.
Not so fast Kemosabi...Sudan might ask China for help on a White Nile dam...that's a very narrow strip of arable land on either bank of the Egyptian Nile...tinder box coming soon.
I would for a LARGE dam above DC
Dams and reservoirs:
In 1843 it was decided to build a series of diversion dams (barrages or weirs) across the Nile at the head of the delta about 12 miles downstream from Cairo, so as to raise the level of water upstream to supply the irrigation canals and to regulate navigation. This delta barrage scheme was not fully completed until 1861, after which it was extended and improved; it may be regarded as marking the beginning of modern irrigation in the Nile valley. The Zifta Barrage, nearly halfway along the Damietta branch of the deltaic Nile, was added to this system in 1901. In 1902 the Asyūṭ Barrage, more than 200 miles upstream from Cairo, was completed. This was followed in 1909 by the barrage at Isnā (Esna), about 160 miles above Asyūṭ, and in 1930 by the barrage at Najʿ Hammādī, 150 miles above Asyūṭ.
40% >> 0%
Just to understand, is water flowing north?
Did the salinity of the Eastern Mediterranean increase?
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