Review and Analysis of Africa’s Lifelines: The Nile River and the Aswan High Dam — Oak Academic Publishing
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Review and Analysis of Africa’s Lifelines: The Nile River and the Aswan High Dam
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Department of Land Surveying, National Advanced School of Public Works, Yaoundé, Cameroon
1 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
2 Department of Land Surveying, National Advanced School of Public Works, Yaoundé, Cameroon
The River Nile in Africa is the world’s longest river. It is approximately 6650 km from the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea to its headwater sources, the Blue Nile and White Nile. The Nile drainage basin is about 9674 million km 2 making it the third-largest drainage basin in the world. The primary research objectives are to document how the periodic flooding of the Nile River was controlled, how the Nile became Egypt’s economic, agricultural, and urban development engine, and provide historical lessons for other countries to learn from when attempting to develop their own river resources and the need to balance many competing economic and environmental interests. A major task for any country attempting to develop their river resources will be to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of economic, agricultural, and urban development while realizing the economic benefits.
KeywordsNileAswan High DamLake VictoriaFloodingIrrigationLake Nasser
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