Govt Constructs U.S.$5 Billion Artificial River Parallel to River... NewTimesRwanda: Egypt
The Nile River, whose distant source is believed to be Nyungwe forest from Rwanda, is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan.Egypt is digging through the desert to create the largest artificial river in the northwest of the country, next to the Dabaa nuclear power plant, as part of its 'New Delta' project.
Professor of Water Resources and Irrigation, Abbas Sharaky said the first channel is 42 km long, including 26 km of pipes, and 16 km of open tracks to transport about 10 million cubic meters from the Rashid branch within the Mostakbal Egypt project.
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