A.3.4X: The River Nile Conflict Case Study Flashcards
Importance of the River Nile
Tourism - rapids in Uganda
agriculture and irrigation - Egypt depends on the Aswan Dam to irrigate the desert
Transport - promote trade
Wildlife
Drinking water
HEP - drought control
longest river in the world, 6650km long
2 main tributaries - White Nile and Blue Nile
confluence is in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum
Source of WN: Burundi
Source of BN: Ethiopia
WN, BN and the Nile flow through 11 countries
Conflicts of the River Nile
have arisen since Ethiopia began dam building
in 2010, 6 of 9 upstream countries signed a Cooperative Framework Agreement seeking more water shares from the Nile
Sudan and Egypt rejected agreement because it challenged their historic water allocations
a major dam on the BN, called the Grand Renaissance Dam is under construction by Ethiopians
Egypt, draws much of its drinking water, natural resources, and energy from the Nile, has protested the dam’s construction (will siphon resources away)
dispute between Egypt and Sudan over the dam construction has reignited a 60-year old dispute (Sudan, downriver of the Nile, has supported Ethiopia’s attempts to build the dam)
Ethiopia denies that the dam would damage Egypt’s water supplies
Egypt now hope to pull the Europeans to its side ad to pressure Ethiopia before protesting before the security council
Egypt has threatened to defend its historical claims over the Nile in numerous occasions - it will even use air power against other countries to protect its flow of the Nile
