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@uzoma112

11 ай бұрын

Can do a video on the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria? It is a big one.

@misterhat5823

11 ай бұрын

No. Crappy ads in the middle of the video is a no-go.

@mcfishyfirst253

11 ай бұрын

This damn will destroy nature and kill humans in return

@kerubel1436

10 ай бұрын

@@mcfishyfirst253 your comment seems fishy son of the fish

@misterhat5823

10 ай бұрын

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I have to poop.

Now when someone asks me how big London is I can say it’s roughly the same size of the reservoir behind the grand Ethiopian renaissance dam, handy.

@Blackhawk303

11 ай бұрын

But how many football fields is that??

@IceHauler

11 ай бұрын

@@Blackhawk303 293,765 football fields

@KillsAll.

11 ай бұрын

Ur a mad lad 🎩

@glenncooper6512

11 ай бұрын

​@@Blackhawk303 I think the more appropriate American unit of measurement here is Olympic swimming pools

@alexalekos

11 ай бұрын

and neither this will be correct

"So large it has its own classification." I can't be the only person who expected them to call it a "God-dam." It was a huge, approximately London-size letdown when they just called it a "mega-dam."

@doemacmonkey

10 ай бұрын

Should be called a dam-nation, as “what in damnation?”

@rohankishibe8259

10 ай бұрын

​@@doemacmonkey the Egyptians will call it that I bet

@the_lost_navigator

10 ай бұрын

God-damn, Son - you cracked me up with that one!... Similar to the Titanic - to call it that is flying in the face of Pestilence, Poverty and Privation

@JH-kd6hs

10 ай бұрын

GOD DAM IT - writing software to controlling the God-dam

@simonfellows2565

10 ай бұрын

might end up being called Armaged-dam!

Next level the nile war loading....

@user-rn4es8mb1j

12 күн бұрын

You think this is real? Why don't you look at an IQ map of the world.

@modest_spice6083

8 күн бұрын

@@user-rn4es8mb1j It shows your house as having the lowest IQ though.

@reuben3588

7 күн бұрын

@@user-rn4es8mb1jwhy don’t you look at how silly of a measure IQ is…. bad crop seasons cause lower IQs 🤣

@BlueDrew10

6 күн бұрын

@@user-rn4es8mb1j Is what real? The video? We all just watched it. The damn? We all just saw it, and can see plenty of evidence with a simple search. The tensions over the damn? It doesn't take a brilliant geopolitical mind to understand them at a basic level. I know you're spouting some conspiracy theory here, but you didn't articulate well enough for us to know what it is. 😂

@MadGunny

4 күн бұрын

@@user-rn4es8mb1jowned

There are already several dams along the Nile the rate of fill is the primary contention of those downstream. Egypt has threatened to “remove” the obstacle to river flow if their water supply is disrupted……

@streamofconsciousness5826

8 ай бұрын

Gonna break out the Lancasters and Drum bombs. It would not be difficult to take out a Dam anymore. You just changed the permanence of these dams, it may take 30 years to build but can be destroyed in one night. They are not a threat to the people down stream for more than a few days.

@marcspence1905

23 күн бұрын

@@streamofconsciousness5826 Then there shouldn't be a need to go to war.

@SMGJohn

21 күн бұрын

@@marcspence1905 Water wars are already a thing mate and have been for past 10 years, and they will only be more common in the future, Ethiopia has been on a massive military build up since they started constructing this dam, its not without reasons.

@Smiley-187

17 сағат бұрын

This seems criminal

@Smiley-187

17 сағат бұрын

@@marcspence1905😂😂😂😂

As an African viewer, it's really cool to see you cover this. I was in Addis, the capital in 2021, spent a day exploring it on their new metro system and was blown away by the massive infrastructure developments in the city.

@ChairmanMeow1

11 ай бұрын

Thats awesome if things are quickly modernizing in africa

@wisdom-only-

11 ай бұрын

It was just by accident that Ethiopia lost its seat among the mighty nations of the world for a while but it will always come back to excellence for excellence is its true nature.

@kennetha6594

10 ай бұрын

"As an African viewer" is ridiculous. Do you not know your country of origin?

@wsx3676

10 ай бұрын

@@kennetha6594African americans don't know which country they're from unless they do a DNA test.

@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79

10 ай бұрын

@@wsx3676 yea, when they brought them over they didn’t want them to really know where they were from or history and that’s why African Americans can’t really trace roots to where their descendants came from in Africa. Got them over throw a King James Version of the Bible at them and forced them into slavery. Also the Bible was a good way to say when you get hit you turn the other cheek because god wouldn’t like if you didn’t. That’s how a slave by the name of Kunta Kinte lost his foot, he tried to keep the name of where he was from but the slave owner didn’t like that and told him his name was Toby. He insisted on Kunta Kinte as his name even after being almost whip to death and ultimately they cut his foot off. I can only imagine individuals getting caught speaking their native language African Americans surely do not speak any African languages today nor could show you how to cook an African Cuisine.

I hope this project goes well and all parties can come to agreement. It would be terrible to see such an impressively scaled infrastructure project lead to conflict.

@sanderschat

11 ай бұрын

well, lot of money can be earned here... so greed kicks in, fear kicks in, dominance kicks in.... 3...2...1... conflict....

@iwasborn8470

11 ай бұрын

Hello Fellow Devoner!

@vincentgrinn2665

11 ай бұрын

its real tricky because ofcourse you need to reduce the downstream flow to fill the dam and generate energy, the more you let through the longer it will take to fill and start making power, let too little through and youre causing droughts downstream

@roderickcampbell2105

11 ай бұрын

@@vincentgrinn2665 Indeed Vincent. Engineers, lawyers, and of course politicians. However, pending extreme weather conditions, this can be conducted without conflict.

@aliali-ce3yf

11 ай бұрын

that's what they said about the Death Star

As far as I know it, Egypt and Sudan made a deal and split all the water rights between themselves, without even considering Ethiopia and their needs. They are getting what they deserved.

@zacharykurtz2149

22 күн бұрын

Doesnt Ethiopia have access to the river before it gets to Egypt?

@SMGJohn

21 күн бұрын

@@zacharykurtz2149 Yes so this makes no sense LOL, the Nile originates from Ethiopia from myriad of smaller rivers that converge into a much larger one, in essence, Ethiopia can literally shut off the Nile if they so wished.

@Twotimes510

17 күн бұрын

It doesn’t matter what they vote the Nile flows from Ethiopia . They can literally stop all water from flowing north 😂😂😂.

@am9826

8 күн бұрын

@@SMGJohn Nope. Nile originates in Uganda. Lmao its common knowledge.

@PyroFlamingo

8 күн бұрын

@@am9826 The white nile originates from Lake Victoria and runs through Uganda. Ethiopia is damming the Blue Nile, which originates from a lake in Ethiopia. Its confusing to just refer to it all as 'The Nile' when its really many separate rivers that eventually converge in Sudan into the greater Nile that runs through Egypt. I am not at all an expert but the water that Ethiopia is controlling originates completely from within their own borders.

The same happen to mekong river,got dry out in the dry season.massive china dam blocked 50% the water flow down

When you revisit this at it's completion, I'd wager It'll look more like a fortress, festooned with Surface to Air missile batteries and guard towers.

@ZCasavant

11 ай бұрын

Jeez. Yeah I bet you are right.

@slyknowledged

11 ай бұрын

This one is completed, started filling in 2020, made power in febuary 2022 for the first time.

@olgastepanov8479

11 ай бұрын

🤣Area51 2.0

@u1zha

11 ай бұрын

@@olgastepanov8479 Except it's not very funny. Afaik it is already equipped with air defense. Makes complete sense, too

@sdtok527

11 ай бұрын

​@@slyknowledged yeah but they are filling it in phases. Adding height to the middle section, slowly filling the reservoir more and more. There are talks of buying Russian or Israelian anti air systems. The complete fill/heightening of the middle dam is expected to take 6/7 years still. And for now they expect the majority of the water to fill the lake instead of going downstream. So still not out of the woods for possible conflict...

So not the dam, but the reservoir is the “size of London”.

@A1441

11 ай бұрын

That's what I also thought about the clickbait title.

@laugenpeter7315

11 ай бұрын

like isn´t this obvious? :)

@OwentheKingofDudes

11 ай бұрын

Clickbaiting. A necessary evil on the path to internet success.

@eldios831

11 ай бұрын

That's obvious how can a wall be bigger than London...even the three gorges wall is 2km long...common sense😂😂😂😂😂

@t.g.2777

11 ай бұрын

In England we also call the lake behind the dam a dam or sometimes a reservoir

Massive Tree planting needs to be undertaking in the Nile basin region to avert catastrophe should a drought hit.

@hackman669

6 ай бұрын

Egypt must store and recycle water. Perhaps China could ease tension through trade.

@mlafi7

6 ай бұрын

@@hackman669 All Nile basin countries need to play their part in water consevation for a forward moving Africa.

@marcspence1905

23 күн бұрын

@@mlafi7 Or fall trap to prophecy and start war over water and treasure in the region, I would rather see Egypt and all those river cities turn green and prosper.

@dynamicworlds1

5 күн бұрын

How exactly is tree planting supposed to help that potential problem??? O.o

@mlafi7

5 күн бұрын

@@dynamicworlds1 trees play a big part in the water cycle,the more rain falls upstream the better for all more forest more rain simple solution

I think this video left out some context. Before Ethiopia starting working on this dam, Egypt had the largest dam on the nile (the Aswan Dam) whoch controlled the flow of the Nile. Now they are fearful that Ethiopia will do the same with it's dam. I hope that both sides will resolve the dispute peacefully and that both countries will benefit from this somehow.

@mr.goldenarmy

7 ай бұрын

Egypt is the last country on the Nile, No harm will ever come from saving the water from destroying our country or just being wasted in the mediterranean sea! On the other hand, Ethiopia building a dam that will be blocking the river flow and effecting the rest of the country's share of the water will never be resolved peacefully.

@sgdeluxedoc

7 ай бұрын

It's different.. Ethiopia never suffered from the ASWAN dam, which in fact increased water and kept levels more stable to the upstream countries. Building a dam near the head , however, means less water for everybody downstream.

@PURENT

7 ай бұрын

The Nile River flows into Egypt and ends in Egypt where it meets the Mediterranean Sea. No other country will be impacted by Egypt's dam.

@just_matt3937

7 ай бұрын

@@sgdeluxedoc well not exactly. It is true that Egypt is at the end of the Nile. However, that does not mean the Aswan dam cannot have an effect on the flow of the Nile. It has and it has impacted Ethiopian agriculture. However, I am unsure if GERD is the best solution. It has increased tensions and will likely reduce water supply to Egypt. It's complicated to say the least.

@malcolmdeboo3794

7 ай бұрын

Well Ethiopian people used to be the butt of jokes because the famine , now they want to keep all the water.they had big swollen belly when starving imagine them with food and water 😂😂😂😂😂

Quick correction on your map. The Blue Nile starts in Ethiopia and carries its waters into the Nile River proper at Khartoum by joining another tributary, the White Nile.

@seanmurray7983

11 ай бұрын

and a quick look on google maps will show that sudan has dams on the blue nile, the Roseries Dam and the Sennar Dam.

@swoldetsadick

11 ай бұрын

​@@seanmurray7983 and Egypt has its own mega dam 😂

@nicolasblume1046

10 ай бұрын

​@@swoldetsadick Yeah but it's the last country that the nile flows through, so they are not affecting any other country

@vintagemusicgroup9236

10 ай бұрын

@@swoldetsadick Yeah, The Aswan Dam 😂

@vintagemusicgroup9236

10 ай бұрын

@@nicolasblume1046 How does building a dam affect any other down steam country if all the water going through the electric turbines ends up down stream? How?

Would have been interesting to hear if there are any ecological consequences to such an enormous dam on one of the world's most important rivers.

@kazedcat

11 ай бұрын

The ecological effects of dams are local. With a giant river like the Nile the impact of the dam 100 miles downstream is minimal.

@RuhrRedArmy

11 ай бұрын

You bet there will be. B1M doesn't really care about actually delving into the consequences of the projects it covers.

@swoldetsadick

11 ай бұрын

Yes there will be. But in general the dam will create a natural habitat for animal, birds especially and.provide them year round food with fish and water. It is really a boon for the area.

@padox95

11 ай бұрын

@@kazedcat The Assuan dam decreased the flow of the Nile in such a way that allowed the lessepsian species coming from the Red sea to the Mediterranean to pass through the delta without big problems. Where before there was freshwater that acted as a barrier due to lesser salinity, now there is more saltwater. So, no, effects are not local, every human action, even the most silly and insignificant, has an impact on the environment.

@kazedcat

11 ай бұрын

@@padox95 Dams don't delete water. If they want to extract electricity from it they need to let the water flow down. No flow equals no electricity. What removes water are irrigations which redirect water in the river into farm fields. So no if the water flow is reduce the reason is irrigation not the dam.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD or TaIHiGe Amharic: ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዳሴ ግድብ romanized: Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā Hidāsē Gidib Tigrinya: ግድብ ሕዳሰ ኢትዮጵያ Oromo: Hidha Haaromsaa Guddicha Itoophiyaa formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam Amharic: ሕዳሴ ግድብ romanized: Hidāsē Gidib Oromo: Hidha Hidāsē It is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia - under construction since 2011. The dam is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 45 km (28 mi) east of the border with Sudan.

thank you bro from 🇪🇹🇪🇹

As a half Egyptian half Ethiopian person the conflict is quite intense. Hope it can all be resolved in a peaceful manner.

@ditherdather

10 ай бұрын

Not sure what Ethiopia is like today, but I remember as a kid growing up in the 80's and 90's that we were taught it was one of the most impoverished 3rd world countries on the planet, and that it largely due to their government given their abundantly rich gold, oil, and gas reserves. We would take part in food drives and stuff at school. I pray that they can find a way to peacefully resolve this so that the dam can be built and the people can have a better standard of living.

@TheTororist

10 ай бұрын

@@ditherdather oil and gas reserves? you were taught lies

@kastieldev6732

10 ай бұрын

@@TheTororist new findings perhaps, but he couldn't have known as a kid.

@ayalqie4587

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheTororistthere are already mass natural gas projects going but sadly sold to Chinese company and the deal is not clear to the public

@redbag3453

10 ай бұрын

Screw egypt😂😂

That damn dam is damned impressive!

@conwaymj88

10 ай бұрын

I don't give a....phock

@Anon-xd3cf

10 ай бұрын

I would have said "That damned dam is damn impressive". But hey ho, tomato tomatoe.

@chrishogue7823

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but will they have any damn bait?

@princefresh7588

10 ай бұрын

im the 100 th

@silveriver9

10 ай бұрын

Funded by China 🇨🇳

That part of the Nile starts in Ethiopia, so that part of it is their river to do with as they please.

@randar1969

2 ай бұрын

Good to know that's how it works so the Canadians can do throw plutonium in the air when the wind blows south? Hey you said it! Their grounds they can do as they please! Don't get mad now half the population of the states dies. If what you say is true the americans won't mind or maybe just maybe you are dead wrong?

The Philippines need more this type of dams. More hydroelectric dams please.

@two02ful

6 ай бұрын

Ask your master dog handlers usa for help. Your Marcos junior screw it up all possibilities of having a modern infrastructures like mass rapid transit, super highways, power plants and of course dams in exchange for the protections of it billions in usa that his father looted from the country. Time have change, usa are no longer what they are a rich and powerful countries! It national debt are so huge and growing larger every minute that there are zero possibilities to repay even the interest on the principal amount. Philippine have been living in the past and sadly continue to do so.

@user-nz6dx2fj6h

2 ай бұрын

You can't always dam places, sometimes the rocks are too porous.

Once the reservoir is filled the flow will be as it is currently. It is a matter of filling it slowly enough as to have minimal impact downstream. Having a reservoir is also a good back up in case of unusually dry seasons...

@GamesFromSpace

11 ай бұрын

Going with less water for several years as it fills up is a pretty extreme problem for everyone downstream. And then there's also the problem of having a foreign nation control the taps, they can turn the river off on a whim.

@David-ud9ju

11 ай бұрын

That's not how damns work. Basically every major damning project has led to drought downstream. There's a reason why the fertile crescent isn't very fertile anymore and it's because Turkey and Syria damned the Tigris an Euphrates so much that Iraq has no water. The same thing happened downstream with China's major damning projects.

@RuhrRedArmy

11 ай бұрын

That's not how it works (2). A massive dam = a lot more surface area = a lot more evaporation. So there would be less water due to evaporation and Ethiopia would be able to get more out of the river too.

@rickoffee

11 ай бұрын

@RuhrRedArmy: are u sure evaporation is **significantly** greater?! More likely the dam might **encourage** the ethiopians to increase the use of the river water for irrigation/industrial/domestic usage. In the same way, it is not the Hoover Dam that limits water to the mexicans downstream but the excessive use of water from the Colorado River for Las Vegas, California crops, etc

@kareem54592

11 ай бұрын

thank you. that is exactly what Egypt has been saying. Build the dam but fill it slowly so we dont get drought. Ethiopia got greedy though and wants to put political pressure on Egypt. The government is also under pressure from the people as it sold the dream that this is the solution to everything. They’re now at a position where they cant afford to stop/turn around and so the only option is forward but that either means the damn will get destroyed naturally or will lead to a war with Egypt and Egypt destroys the dam itself (more likely)

From Nigeria's biggest oil refinery in all of Africa to Ethiopia's biggest dam in all of Africa... Keep it up Africa. Greetings from Nigeria to our Ethiopian brothers💚❤. Keep up the good work. Lets continue to develop.

@comrade9374

10 ай бұрын

Praising refinery belonging to capitalist 😂

@comrade9374

10 ай бұрын

Praising refinery belonging to capitalist 😂

@soumi1984

10 ай бұрын

Actually Nigerian one is the biggest in the world if I'm not mistaken

@dontjudgemebymyname.4282

10 ай бұрын

@@soumi1984 Nope not even close, Indian oil refinery is the biggest in the world, as far as I know Nigerian one ranks at 7th or 8th.

@YounesLayachi

9 ай бұрын

Wow, it's amazing how African countries have the biggest things in Africa !

Surely the water cut off down stream to Sudan and Egypt is only for the duration of the dam reservoir build up. Then the same amount of water is released as enters the reservoir. Other wise, if less water was released than before the dam was constructed, it would flood the whole country or at least the region over time and find it's own way down stream? So what's the issue exactly?

@ivpxs

8 күн бұрын

Issue called “control”. Dictatorships usually don’t like to share their control over anything.

If this dam does what it COULD do for the people of Ethiopia, and thus that entire region of Africa, it WILL be a miracle. I hope they can figure out how to do this peacefully with Egypt.

As an Egyptian and seeing how badly we pollute and destroy the nile, only slightly conflicted

@JackRainfield

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your honesty. I do wonder how Egypt will address the water shortage while Ethiopia fills the reservoir... which I'm guessing could take a few years. It's seems a conflict is inevitable.

@PhatRobsOils

8 ай бұрын

@@JackRainfield They have already done 4 Major Fills and its Done absolutely Zero to the Nile. Only 40% comes From Ethiopia, 60% comes from Sudan and Surrounding areas.

@rycor9117

8 ай бұрын

Egypt is a nasty place I agree.

@bartman2395

8 ай бұрын

still u will evaporate this dam with one missile when built... fuck Sudan, greets from europe

@momomo8093

8 ай бұрын

​@@PhatRobsOilsvery false

August 2022 Currently, the dam is said to be 83 percent completed. The project manager has announced that the dam will be completed in the next two and half years. So it is almost completed.

@rajahua6268

10 ай бұрын

How many London size of land do you need? This is not Australia Northern Territory where it is literally an infinite flat land.

@Xenomorph-hb4zf

10 ай бұрын

Its June 2023 so it most likely is at 90%+ now

How does a dam like this reduce the water flow through the lower areas after it has filled? I can understand the filling phase affecting the water flow, but after that is done, is the water evaporation from the pool or the absorption of water into adjacent terrain through a larger surface area the cause for the reduced throughput further down stream?

@absabs129

7 ай бұрын

perhaps the rate of water through the dam (even at the highest/maximum allowed throughput) is still less than what would have naturally occurred - throughout the year

@iainsleafer5316

6 ай бұрын

Flow rates,

@iainsleafer5316

6 ай бұрын

It's like a running trap

For update information, Fourth round of filling was done .

What this video failed to mention, at least I didn't see it, is that Egypt already built a dam on the Nile (the High Dam), and flooded house and home upstream from it, so, they don't have much room to complain. And...Sudan has one too.

I love when you do vids on projects in Africa, there is so much happening there that world needs to see, keep up the good work 👏

@FlagWaverFlagBearer

11 ай бұрын

Nooo nothin is happening here. Nothing to see here folks, Europeans please stay in Europe, Arabs stay in the middle east

@IK_MK

11 ай бұрын

I agree, only ever get 1 side of the story

@SP-fw1xe

11 ай бұрын

Mostly being funded by Russia and China

@Nahmate1337

11 ай бұрын

Africans themselves have literally nothing to do with building it

@smplfi9859

10 ай бұрын

@@IK_MK ???? do you think this is really deliberate? one cool feature in a country of deteriorating infrastructure isn't gonna change the world opinion. Go visit Africa and come and tell us which parts are truly sociable. They are capable of just living off the land and have never needed society/cities/advanced technology that the colonizers forced upon them.

4:39 - If 85% of your water - or anything else - comes from a single source, you need to develop backups regardless of anything else. Desalination is a viable alternative throughout the middle east and it would behoove Egypt to take advantage of its massive coastline to look into that.

@PURENT

7 ай бұрын

Desalination is not a viable alternative. Rivers are a natural water source which allow for farms to operate with a plentiful and immediate access to water that does not have to be pumped or transported long distances. The land around rivers are often very fertile for farming as well. 11% of Egypt's GDP comes from agriculture which relies on the Nile River. This dam would damage the Egyptian economy and food shortages would be very likely. And with the history of this region, this often leads significant social conflict, war, and then finally a migrant/refugee crisis.

@davidbennett288

5 ай бұрын

I'm sure Israel would gladly share desalination technology with their Egyptian friends

@matthiuskoenig3378

3 күн бұрын

I think Egypt has aquifers, pretty sure those are more viable than desalination

The hydrostatic pressure depends on the height of the water column immediately in front of the dam. The reservoir can be kilometers long, but even if it were only 20 meters long, what matters is always the height of the water column.

This answered all my dam questions, and many more that I didnt even know to ask. There's a lot of dam information here, and it's clear that somebody did their dam homework. I look forward to more of these dam videos, thank you.

@leisti

10 ай бұрын

That was a dam good reply.

@stephen6621

10 ай бұрын

Somebody’s watched National lampoons vacation

@shaquillekiragu4601

8 ай бұрын

😂😂

@user-zt3de3zl7s

8 ай бұрын

listen to others too. not just one person. every opinion is biased but if you llisten to all sides then u can digest and reach your own conclusions

If Ethiopia manages the dam well, they could stabilize the water flow for the downstream countries, which is good for them. The energy could also be shared between the countries.

@bin-hassane9342

10 ай бұрын

HAHAH YOU REPEAT THE WORDS LIKE A SHEEP SO FKN IGNORANT , SUDAN AND EGYPT ALREADY DON'T HAVE WATER TO DRINK OR PLANT

@oldbloke135

10 ай бұрын

When I was at school, many years ago, we were taught that Egypt became a rich farmland BECAUSE of the annual flooding of the river Nile, which spread fertile sediment across all the fields. That will no longer happen. This project WILL seriously change things. Interestingly 95% of the Nile's water and sediment comes down the Blue Nile from Ethiopia in the flood season. Only 5% comes from almost steady flow of the White Nile. It is sad that the three countries can't co-operate, because it is far more sensible, in terms of evaporative losses, to store the water in Ethiopia than in the roasting Egyptian desert of Lake Nasser.

@justicedemocrat9357

10 ай бұрын

Yeah and ethiopia can also cut off the water supply to the downstream countries which is really bad for egypt.

@tima.478

10 ай бұрын

Share??? Yeah, I feel this will never happen once this project wraps. This entire area is likely headed to some serious unrest, over this dam!!!

@MrSaemichlaus

10 ай бұрын

@@tima.478 Every social problem relies on there being plenty of people who believe there is a problem.

It would be exciting to see this dam allow Ethiopia become a major power in Africa economy wise. Perhaps this will finally allow and inspire other African nations to escape their poverty “holes”. I’m very excited to see this dam be completed and maybe even possibly visit it and its nation one day!

@imacarguy4065

8 ай бұрын

No it won't. The biggest issues affecting Africa involves the birth rate. They're never gonna catch up unless they deal with that first. And that could take 30+ years to have an effect.

@standwithukraine3011

8 ай бұрын

@@imacarguy4065thank you someone with a brain

@GreatgreatSuper

8 ай бұрын

Mass birthrate😂😂😂😂😂😂

@christianriddler5063

8 ай бұрын

@@imacarguy4065 High birthrates is good. You can go and sterilize yourself if you want but I fully support the idea of having at least 5 kids. 7-8 Kids would be the optimal number for any country.

@xondeez757

7 ай бұрын

@@imacarguy4065 that's a myth. birthrate is never an issue. look at china for instance, they have enough land to sustain twice their population. africa is HUGE, you have no idea how empty africa is. africa right now has 1 billion people and the lands there can sustain 5x or even 10 x if they get good farming equipment

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a mega-dam" (sorry I couldn't resist that)!

Sounds like Egypt is in de-Nile😂 Thank you folks! I'm here all week.

@user-nz6dx2fj6h

2 ай бұрын

Loved it!

The reason to mix batch the concrete is also to help with consistency of quality as well as efficient delivery as you say . I worked in road bridge construction and found out how important consistent mixture is as not to have a collapsible situation at some life of the dam.

@jcolvard

10 ай бұрын

Well China is helping with the construction so yeah... I don't see this ending well for them at all.

@Ratking_Actual

9 ай бұрын

@@jcolvard We'll see it end though.

@Ratking_Actual

9 ай бұрын

It's actually insane to let any Chinese company assist with this, all the roads they've built in Africa fall apart right after they're finished, you'd think they'd learn?

@dufung3980

8 ай бұрын

@Ratking_Actual China just wants empty gestures to win hearts and minds of a desperate people. While the Chinese funded Junta overthrow the governments perceived as community support.

@Stoicbirch

7 ай бұрын

100% a bot comment.

Thank you video brilliant compliment.

In Kenya we have the Kamwarer and Arror Dam. An epic dam that has erradicated poverty for good.

Ive been hanging out for a B1M video on this, although upset it wasnt longer. Fingers crossed you'll be able to make a longer one coinciding with a site visit in the future though 🙏

It seems that he did not want to touch the point of the implication of the United Kingdom in the problem. When the United Kingdom made the agreements that everything belonged to Sudan and Egypt, it did not consider Ethiopia, which has led Egypt to think that it has a right to that water, despite the fact that a large percentage is generated in Ethiopia and the Blue Nile .

@vivekp4854

10 ай бұрын

Then what do you think about millions of people in Egypt should do?, if they can't get water they would most probably flock to Ethiopia as economic refugees and devastate the economy.

@sysbofh

10 ай бұрын

How much the Blue Nile contribute to? Legit question. A river is made by its tributaries, and I have no idea how big a impact on the "Egypt Nile" something on the Blue Nile would have. Are we talking 10%? 30%? 70%? How much would it impact?

@Cier433

10 ай бұрын

@@sysbofh About 80% of the flow of the Nile. That's why I think it's wrong that Egypt believes itself to be the owner of the Nile and does not take Ethiopia into account.

@Cier433

10 ай бұрын

@@vivekp4854 Egypt should take water-saving measures to reach a middle ground with Ethiopia on the dam. Egypt's position seems too extreme to me, more so when it is not Ethiopia's fault that Egypt did not control the growth of its population or the use of resources even knowing how dependent they were on them.

@medbestentt877

10 ай бұрын

​@@vivekp4854it won't blocked completely! The water will flow as usual! Use your mined mr. guy!

I hope this works for the people who will benefit and be lifted ! I hope they will find a way to work together instead of fighting !

I hope africa can flourish economically soon

The pressure on the dam has nothing to do with the amount of water behind it. It has everything to do with how deep the water is at the dam. The reservoir could be only a few thousand cubic meters of water, but if it is the same depth at the dam, the pressure is the same. This blew my mind when i learned this in my engineering degree.

@muhammadbasir83

10 ай бұрын

So if I have to calculate something to make a flood barrier, the factor I need is just the depth of the water ?

@MambonumberNeegar

10 ай бұрын

Amazing so a canal gate could literally hold back a river

@charlespartrick528

10 ай бұрын

Pressure is an interesting phenomenon in physics.

@xxportalxx.

10 ай бұрын

@MambonumberNeegar hahaha imagine digging a small trench up to the ocean, you could block 'the entire ocean' with a board

@MambonumberNeegar

10 ай бұрын

@@charlespartrick528 so a rectangular glass box filled with water. Would exert different pressure when standing tall or laying flat.

This dam controversy reminds me of something three thousand years ago in one of the participants. A scribe was buried with instructions for the afterlife, instructions that included asserting “I did not stop the flow of water.” So water access was an issue back then also.

@nobrainsnoheadache2434

10 ай бұрын

actually the issue back then was not limited water, it was, and remains in a lot of places; annual flooding. The Aswan Dams were developed primarily to control flooding, as was the Three Gorges

Flow downstream is only temporarily affected, the difference can be irrelevant if the dam is filled slowly.

Good for them hope its changes africa for the better

As Ethiopian it feels incredibly proud of what we are doing to overcome our poverty....we are building this dam despite of our poverty by the unity of the people

@arnonym1525

10 ай бұрын

How are all these infrastructure projects financed?

@KingK2205

10 ай бұрын

@@arnonym1525 lots of loans, the Chinese, Ethiopian citizens, Ethiopian government, etc.

@viralposts986

10 ай бұрын

@@KingK2205 there is no any damn loan on this project, research first. Any country refused to finance it not to ruin their diplomatic relation with Egypt. Ethiopians finance it wholly!

@gabrielclark1425

10 ай бұрын

@@arnonym1525 with loyalty to the nation and the hope of a more prosperous future? Money isn't everything, the truth is the only thing that is truly valuable is humans themselves and everything else is just to motivate them into doing things.

@andrewyoung749

10 ай бұрын

@@viralposts986 except the 1 billion usd the exim bank of china gave it...

It's pretty dam big

@santossantos8065

11 ай бұрын

mega dam big

@donsindelarsr9403

7 ай бұрын

Lol

The 3 Gorges dam slowed the Earth's rotation by 3 seconds. By how much will this dam affect said rotation??

@scorpiuswireless1

5 күн бұрын

What a lie

AMAZING DAM ;GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA

The main point you forgot to include is where each country's claim to ownership stems from. For Egypt, it claims 55.5bcm (~66%) belongs to them and 18.5bcm (~22%) belongs to Sudan and the rest to evaporation according to the 1959 Nile agreement which Ethiopia did not sign. So Ethiopia is not under any agreement that limits the use of her actual 85% share to the main Nile river as a tributary.

@jonathankerr4859

11 ай бұрын

It’s not like they refused to sign it. Ethiopia was never even asked to be a apart of that agreement. Compared to how Ethiopia was treated in the past I think they have been very decent in how they have been in there dealings with the countries (Egypt) that deemed them not worthy of being included in the past.

@amanuelshawel3667

11 ай бұрын

@@jonathankerr4859 yes unlike Egypt who were puppet of british Ethiopia was independent, and less not forget that Egypt tried to invade Ethiopia twice and were defeated in both of them. In short the two countries were not in the same level

@jonathankerr4859

10 ай бұрын

@@amanuelshawel3667 amazes me how Egypt just seems to believe that they have the sole right to the entire Nile. It’s a great example by Ethiopia, they have not been antagonistic or made threats in retaliation, being fair and understanding in response to unfair and threatening neighbours.

@Gebri3l

10 ай бұрын

​@@jonathankerr4859 most don't want that horn to be at peace, if those countries United they can chock the most important rout in the world, hence why Yemen is also a war zone.

@vivekp4854

10 ай бұрын

@@jonathankerr4859 No one can own rivers, just because the rivers major tributary is from Ethiopia doesn't mean they own all of it. There's already an entire country of Egypt which is entirely dependent on Nile for water, I can understand why they are angry about it. Its not like they can look elsewhere for water, they need to negotiate and reach an agreement.

Thank you for clearly stating and putting on the screen how much energy the project is going to produce!

@eHolmbergh

10 ай бұрын

They absolutely didn’t state how much energy the project is going to produce. What they did do was showing numbers of installed power, first 5000MW and then 5700MW(2000+3700). I would not say that they are clear on the subject.

@dougaltolan3017

10 ай бұрын

​@@eHolmbergh GW! Thousand MW is dumb.

This guy sounds like an AI of Simon Whistler.

So much hope for the Ethiopian people, may they prevail.

I think the big issue here is how much water is going to be let through while it is filling, because once it's full the same flow rate will happen downstream as a dam doesn't slow or prevent water from going anywhere. Now if they completely block off the river and the Nile goes dry for 3 years then yeah that is a huge issue and if I was Egypt that uses 85% of that fresh water I'd be quite pissed too.

@user-qd5kc4qb9l

10 ай бұрын

That’s no one’s business except the owners of the Nile, we the Ethiopians

@cd7856

10 ай бұрын

The bigger issue is that any time there is a drought, Ethiopia will control the tap. They can hoard water behind the dam for themselves and not release to down river countries. During a drought, that water will be very valuable, life and death.

@realpolitics527

10 ай бұрын

@@user-qd5kc4qb9l death of millions in egypt is okay with you?

@sgtbaker81

9 ай бұрын

That thing is going to get blown up.

@RicksPhatPharm-vw2lb

6 ай бұрын

Yup you can hear that Arab arrogance of selling water that's not there's... Egypt is the last of there concerns.

A few physical corrections: Pressure does not push, pressure prevails (It is not a directed force). Only the height of the water column matters, not the amount of water in the reservoir.

@qweqqweq2090

9 ай бұрын

if a crack forms then it's going to matter more than you think!

@generalnarwhale708

9 ай бұрын

Literally every part of that "correction" is wrong

@Richardjohnson6969

9 ай бұрын

The height of the water column is directly proportional to the amount of water in the reservoir; ergo, you are wrong.

@hokie6384

24 күн бұрын

I hope you are not designing this dam 😅

Blocking the NILE? I'm happy about this.

I think it's important to talk about where the funding comes from for these projects and possibly what kind of compromises have to be made in order to get that funding.

@kevinlagerqvist161

9 ай бұрын

Next lvl thinking my man…

@JIMIIXTLAN

8 ай бұрын

China

@pubghabeshsa4957

8 ай бұрын

no its not. the government 100% @@JIMIIXTLAN

@pranaaskmedical

7 ай бұрын

Haters had Already tried that. Ethiopian people every citizen Government and private sector employees pay some part of thier monthly income . Business man pay annualy along tax. Each transaction in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 pays fraction of its amount to GERD. PROUD , HONORED , FREE CITIZEN OF ETHIOPIA are building their Dam with money, sweat and blood.

@evoxpop2088

6 ай бұрын

​@JIMIIXTLAN Correct! China is throwing money in a lot of developing countries. They invested lots and lots of money in the country of Panama to build the new locks.

One concern with new hydro systems is changes in rainfall as climate patterns shift. We're already seeing reduced generation from many huge hydro projects (eg, Hoover Dam, Glen Canyon Dam) because there is no longer enough rainfall in an average year, and those changes are likely to get more significant over the 100+ year lifespan of a new project. Of course some parts of the world will see more rainfall, not less

@amanuel6212

11 ай бұрын

Ya we seeing increased rainfall and the fillings of the dame are just taking from days to weeks only

@pietr1036

10 ай бұрын

Looks like sahel is going to be more humid with climate change

@simonnachreiner8380

10 ай бұрын

The reduction in generation from the Hoover dam is more the result in an overdrawing from lake mead being piped to California. The lake was meant to supply the greater Las Vegas area with fresh water, not an entire state!

@user-mc6dg6qe8l

10 ай бұрын

Overall rainfall is increasing. Rain is caused by the sun heating bodies of water and evaporating humidity. This humidity then cools and falls. In the winter that water mixes with atmospheric dust and becomes a light fluffy droplet instead if hard ice balls.

@Tony-nl6pf

10 ай бұрын

What are you saying?? More rain, dam helps, less rain, dam helps. A dam makes the output of the river stable.

So much hope for the Ethiopian people, may they prevail.. Thanks for yet another informative and educational video. B1M never disappoints!.

Odd how the project is presented as controversial given its long list of positive attributes: green source of energy and water security that will lift millions of people out of poverty, reduce drought and flooding disasters, serve as a source of jobs, recreation and generate no pollution - wins all around - the world needs more dams like this

Finally featured on B1M. Ethiopia hagere lezelalem tinur! 🇪🇹💪🏾

@NateHeart

10 ай бұрын

Amen 🙏🏽 brother 👑

I chuckle every time I hear American leaders condescendingly roll out initiatives such as "Power Africa", and such. Yet, at the same time they refused loans for this particular project for 60 years. A recent president even egged Egypt unashamedly to blow up the dam in a globally televised bizarre behavior. Ingrate Egypt was in its usual posture, smug. But the Ethiopians were not fazed. Afterall, they had financed the project themselves. A dream became a reality. Great going Ethiopians! Ingrate Cinderella Egypt is caught up in an absurd drama of its own creation. Water must flow for a hydropower plant to operate. And no nation ever gave up its right over its native resources.

Oh yeah, sounds like a definitely good and not stoopid idea Well done, chaps

Block one of the Niles, not both ! It's their part of the river and can do what they like with it. Egypt had no problems building the Aswan dam.

As an Ethiopian, I really want to thank you for your great work on our dam, the dam built completely with the poors' finance, since the imf refused to fund it, under Egyptian pressure

@unlockingsnow8571

11 ай бұрын

Make sure if Egypt destroys it, you send them and their pyramids back to the stone age.

@Garris_Shrike

11 ай бұрын

Is it already filled? I'm confused about the images in the video showing the dam spilling water over the dam

@Omer1996E.C

11 ай бұрын

@@Garris_Shrike it's partially filled, it's being filled gradually, every rainy season

@alimanski7941

11 ай бұрын

@@unlockingsnow8571 Egypt is a significant military power in the region.

@4exgold

11 ай бұрын

@@unlockingsnow8571 what a disgusting & callous thing to say. the Nile is vital to Egypt and Sudan.

As an Indian, I am happy for progress of African brothers. Wishing Glory and Prosperity to Global South.

@alvingarfielddelaire1744

10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@MBorik19

10 ай бұрын

it is all bad, This project will leave Egypt without water, food, life. Most likely Egypt will block this development

@theboydoingthings8510

10 ай бұрын

​@@MBorik19Who cares about Egypt?

@samd4219

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. We are brothers of the curry. Habshi/Siddhi in India and also Indians in Ethiopia!

@samd4219

10 ай бұрын

@@MBorik19 Look up and independant dam experts talking about the dam. There is nothing to worry about. The Nile is already damed many times downstream by Egypt and Sudan. This is all posturing by Egypt that Sub-Saharan Africans shouldn't have any access to the waters.

It seems to me that this dam will be a boon for all involved. Sudan will be relieved of flooding and Egypt will have more consistent water flow. It's not like they can hoard water.

Its easy to see that this will be a non subject once water begins to flow/or stop flowing. well, not immediately, but the idea is to let water pass through the dam to create electricity. as long as the same amount of water passes through the dam (once filled, or partially at least to make the required pressures, the exact amount of water will be made available for down river inhabitants.

Interesting to see what our neighbour, Ethiopia is doing. Watching from Kenya

@Zeyede_Shewangzou

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the support, our only peaceful neighbor.

@jer622

10 ай бұрын

Our good neighbour

@realpolitics527

10 ай бұрын

@mt5661 i am ethiopian, we are happy that millions of egyptians will die of starvation due to our dam.

@Mrs.LadeyBug

10 ай бұрын

@@realpolitics527 you called me an “internet troll” in another comment… 😂 Your comments here oppose others you’ve made.

I think it's also very important to consider the political and military advantages that this dam allows. In most of the developed world, namely in Asia, Europe, and America, there is a fairly ample supply of water. It certainly gives great advantages if you are able to control water sources, but these countries have ways around it. In North Africa, this is not the case remotely. Water is a major source of conflict in the area, and while in some cases these limitations in water availability can aid in peacebuilding, such as in Israel and Jordan, where the need for equitable management of the Jordan River has encouraged cooperation to manage the resource, it can also lead to wars. In the case of Ethiopia, the Nile is an important resource for both Egypt and Sudan. Of course, there are other tributaries besides the Blue Nile, namely the White Nile, but it still allows them to cut off of chunk of the river's supply, and can very easily be used as a powerful bargaining chip

@dufung3980

8 ай бұрын

It’s beyond bargaining chip, to some towns which rely on agriculture it’s basically an act of war.

@bircruz555

8 ай бұрын

The only rivers that matter are Ethiopian rivers, which contribute 90% of the stream flow of the Nile. The White Nile is really insignificant.

@marksanders768

7 ай бұрын

The US, in particular, does not have an ample supply of water. The aquifers underlying almost all of the midwest have been overdrawn for decades and will be depleted within a few decades. The Colorado River, infamously, has so overburdened for irrigation that it no longer reaches the sea.

@MissionaryForMexico

7 ай бұрын

Good points, look at what has been occuring with the dams in turkey regarding the Euphrates river!

@KendraEMoyer

6 ай бұрын

Thought the Great Lakes were the largest fresh water supply in the world!@@marksanders768

Confuses me slightly. Once the dam is filled, won't all of the water simply continue to run downstream? They are not "consuming" it as such after that are they?

@jemail8746

4 ай бұрын

That's a logical way of thinking. The water hits the turbine and returns to the Nile. But what can you do, the media loves conflict. Egypt fears that Ethiopia might use the water reserved for irrigation and agriculture. So, they are making as much noise as possible to deter any further development using the water from the Nile. Additionally, Ethiopia contributes 87 per cent of the water for the Nile River and saying you can't use it is also not acceptable. it's a difficult situation where there is no win-win. Ethiopia using 1% of the water means, it's less water for Egypt and Sudan, so ya this is where we are at

Ha ha! I lost it when that guy said "mega what?"

Seeing small breakthroughs of sustainability in Africa is quite beautiful. Of course dams are very risky works in terms of their economical and environmental impact. I hope this project works out well.

@brianingram74

9 ай бұрын

i AM GUESSING IT WOULD HAVE COST A LOT LESS TO RUN SEVERAL PIPELINES TO WERE WATER WAS NEEDED , TO HELP PEOPLE AND BUILD A SOMEWHAT SMALLER DAM TO SUPPLY POWER TO WEE IT WAS NEEDED .

@imaloser5689

8 ай бұрын

@@brianingram74Cost less and generated less.

@dunexapa1016

8 ай бұрын

Look at China.

@brianingram74

8 ай бұрын

All it would take is one dam big enough upriver , and the domino effect could happen , taking all dams in the path out .@@dunexapa1016

@brianingram74

8 ай бұрын

Yes I am sure the people that dams effect hope it works to , but is upsetting peoples lives worth it , making them relocate taking their homes and giving them next to nothing in return ,and if and when the dam fails , are the lives lost also worth it .I know oh it is all for the greater good .For who though .

Impressive content. Thanks for sharing with us ❤

here I am thinking the Nile flows down south so how would it affect Egypt and Sudan

They all need a dam Work together This will be excellent for Ethiopia and other countries down river

Now this truly deserves to be called damn! 😂

remarkable structure. Best of luck to them.

im surprised you didnt cover the fact that this dam will help keep the nile stable, as in no more flooding that will destroy civilized area along the river which it has done so plenty of times in the past and during moment that would normally be droughts it will be capable of delivering water when needed

@wendelleddiebrewerlll

8 ай бұрын

it's not going to stop flooding just make artificial droughts

@Vythic

8 ай бұрын

@@wendelleddiebrewerlll never said itll stop flooding, it is going to prevent a lot of flood damage that destroys civil areas.. as in the floods wont be as bad as they are now, its going to help regulate water levels. Provide more when needed, less when there already is a lot.

Fun fact, the Nile is the “longest river” but it is not navigable for huge parts of it. The Mississippi is by far the longest and largest navigable river in the world. Which lends to the US being capital rich as we completely own this easy transport.

This video was obsolete when released. There is the fourth filling stage going on currently and Ethiopia and Sudan are in close contact regarding the water supply. Could it be an external source to seed the conflict between the three countries to cancel such an important project?

Dam itself does not consume or reduce any water. It is just a temporarily saving during the fill-up for better future, especially during drought. A big reservoir can also increase moisture in the area and should be good for everyone.

@user-ti6vj2rw2t

10 ай бұрын

concise description of the essence of GERD dam!!!

@zulhilmi5787

10 ай бұрын

That's what will affect the Egypt downstream. They will run out of water and people will die at the causes of Ethiopian's greed

@gabrielclark1425

10 ай бұрын

@@zulhilmi5787 And totally different from Egypt wanting to maintain it's own supremacy over Ethiopia? Get fucked.

@KiWeWi

10 ай бұрын

Reservoirs increase evaporation somewhat

@gabrielclark1425

10 ай бұрын

@@KiWeWi do they though? I'd imagine that evaporation is dependent upon the exposed surface area, which means that the deeper waters of a reservoir would have less evaporation of a river with an equal amount of water.

Hope you make vid on Diamer Bhasha dam and impact of Indus river

Daming the nile lol I can't possibly see this going wrong.

I live on the Mekong River in Thailand. It is a trickle of it's former glory 15 years ago. China has dammed it up within their borders. Nothing Thailand, Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam can do about it.

Congratulations to Ethiopia ❤

74 billion cubic meters sounds like a lot until you realise there’s 23,615 cubic kilometres in Lake Baikal

Damn that's mega!

As a tourist over 25 years ago the Egyptian guides were proud to proclaim that there was over 20 years of water supply behind the Aswan Dam. Since then, politicians have been ignoring this fact. Overdue for Ethiopia use it own resources. After all what goes through the dam ends up in the Nile anyway.

@user-ti6vj2rw2t

10 ай бұрын

Andrew You nailed it down. The World is supposed to be more "civilized" after World War II. We have African Neo Nazi's who claim to have a veto power on Nile River. Ethiopia is an independent country building a hydroelectric dam on a river that originates within its own boundaries. General Alsisi is modernday Hiltler that should be condemned by the whole world. Rather than being thankful to Ethiopia for thousands of years of free water supply, he is bragging about Egypt's military powers. Sounds like Hitler who wanted to control the world.

@ulrichkristensen4087

10 ай бұрын

That is not how it works

@colevanbalen7205

9 ай бұрын

the point is that stuff cant go through the dam

@prorealm766

9 ай бұрын

@@colevanbalen7205 its a hydro electric dam, so of course water will go through the dam

@lifeonthelake4367

9 ай бұрын

​@@prorealm766a dam restricts the flow of water obviously

If they can pull this off without destroying the flow downriver it will be an amazingly enriching addition to a country that desperately needs it. If the flow gets disrupted and Egypt is affected that dam is as good as gone though.

@UncleKennysPlace

10 ай бұрын

It will absolutely affect flow, and it will affect the ecosystem. All dams do, large or small.

@gabrielclark1425

10 ай бұрын

Temporarily, until the reservoir fills up, and then you can control the annual flooding for agricultural purposes.

@brealisman

10 ай бұрын

@@gabrielclark1425 And what happens when water isn't available to an entire country, even temporarily? We're always 3 missed meals away from chaos, and water is even more needed by people.

@shinobuoshino5066

10 ай бұрын

@@gabrielclark1425 what about all the sediment being blocked by the dam which would be otherwise used for agricultural purposes?

@famousmwofficial8046

7 ай бұрын

if the dam is gone then so is egypt. africa wont stand by and watch it get destroyed.

Damn! That's big.

This video is 10 months old. Any new developments in talks between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan regarding the dam?

Excellent presentation as always, Fred!

@TheB1M

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I am supported by an incredible team!

Hey B1M, I live in British Columbia where they are building a Dam in the north of the province that is piggy backing off of another Dams reservoir which is the size of this Dam's reservoir to generate electricity with a smaller impact on the environment - Site C Dam and W.A.C. Bennett Dam

@johnnysteradactyl558

10 ай бұрын

They're damming the white nile regardless. And you've been asked incredibly politely by Canada NOT to do that, but as usual you know best how to keep us all safe.

I find differing informations online .. it's not 5 GW, it's 6. They are already filling and operating the dam since Aug. 2022 ...

The Nile River originates from two large lakes: Lake Victoria, in Uganda, and Lake Tana, in Ethiopia. In Uganda, the Vitória feeds a large tributary, the White Nile. In Ethiopia, the Blue Nile (another affluent) is reinforced with the waters of the Tana. In addition, the Nile also has other important affluents such as the Arbara, Kagera, and Sudd rivers; in addition, lakes Albert and Victoria. There is no way this dam will negatively affect the Nile River, or reduce its waters.

@viharialluri2379

6 ай бұрын

Blue nile is one of the two major tributaries of the Nile and supplies about 85.6% of the water to the Nile during the rainy season.

@attemptedunkindness3632

6 ай бұрын

And it's worth noting that both of those lakes have seen volumetric growth in water since 1991, nothing exponential, but at the same time their fish population has been dying out largely due to backwater pollution. If anything, it will only serve to swell the lake sources further and bottleneck some pollution.

@davidbennett288

5 ай бұрын

So Egypt is considering military action over a non existent problem hey? Interesting take on it......