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• TITLE: Review and Analysis of Africa’s Lifelines: The Nile River and the Aswan High Dam

  AUTHORS: Kenneth Ray Olson, Georges Kogge Kome

  KEYWORDS: Nile, Aswan High Dam, Lake Victoria, Flooding, Irrigation, Lake Nasser

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Soil Science, Vol.14 No.12, December 10, 2024

  ABSTRACT: 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 km2 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.