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The Water Cycle - The River Nile: Transboundary Conficts
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Assess the future conflicts along the Nile
Assess the future conflicts along the Nile
- Nile Basin initiative – since 2005, 9/10 countries exploring partnerships e.g. World Bank (nothing achieved)
- 2010: Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania + Uganda singed new water treaty with Burundi, DRC and Kenya promising to sign later. Treaty states that all riparian countries should have equal rights to use Nile waters
- Ethiopia seen increase in GDP DUE TO WATER USGAE – 8 – 10%
- Egypt and Sudan now politically weaker no reason to fight, no means to either
- NBI could mean peace seen to achieve sustainable socio- economic development through use of Nine Basin resources
Outline the Dam on the Nile
Outline the Dam on the Nile
- On Blue Nile, 20 miles from Sudan border
- 145m high, 1708 m long
- Reservoir size: 1680sq km: holds about 70bn cubic metres of water
- At least 20,000 people h ad to be resettled
- Cost: US$4.8bn – 15% of Ethiopia’s GDP in 2012
Outline the benefits of the dam
Outline the benefits of the dam
- Largest HEP dam in Africa
- Can hold 74 billion cubic meters of water
- 95 million people without electricity dam projected to generate over 6,400 megawatts vs current 4000 megawatts
- Ethiopia dominant force along Nile
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