1. The River Nile
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2. The Impacts of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile
What environmental effects has the Aswan Dam had on the Nile Drainage Basin?
What socio-economic effects has the Aswan Dam had on the people of Egypt?
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3. What is the Aswan Dam? Constructed in 1971
Regulates the flow of the River Nile
Lake Nasser was created as a result of the Dam
Lake Nasser stretches over a distance of more than 312 miles
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4. Why did Egypt need a Dam?
The River Nile regularly flooded and destroyed crops
Irrigation
HEP
Navigation
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5. What are the implications of the Dam?
Agriculture
Fishing
Delta
Water Loss
Ecosystems
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6. Agriculture
No sediment deposition
Fertiliser
Loss of Land
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7. Fishing
Average fish stocks have declined from 35,000 tonnes in 1962 to approx tonnes after the Dam was constructed
Lake Nasser is silting up
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8. Delta Fertile land of the Delta is eroding a rapid rate
The Delta is the most fertile part of Egypt
Silt is no longer reaching the Delta
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9. Water Loss Egyptian evaporation rates have dramatically increased
Lake Nasser loses billion cubic meters of water every year through evaporation
This volume of evaporation is approx % of Egypts Nile Water
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