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Flashcards by Daisy Jones, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Daisy Jones
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The Aswan Dam Economic Advantages | In 1970 the dam generated 50% of Egypt's energy (industrial and in homes), today is produces 15% of their demands. The annual Nile flood can now be controlled preventing loss of crops and damaged infrastructure. The water stored in the dam can be used to irrigate crops all ear round (wheat yields doubled) therefore more jobs in the agricultural indstry |
| Aswan dam The facts | In Egypt on the river Nile Completed in 1970 Cost $1billiom Egyptian government built the dam with funding from soviet union |
| Aswan dam The Nubians (social impacts) | Mix of African, Arab and Mediterranean peoples who have lived in the area of Nubia for 1000+ years. Because of the new wet marshlands crated Nubians are getting Schistosomiasis (snail fever) which is a debilitating disease |
| Aswan dam Environmental impacts | Annual floods bring rich fertile silt downstream 98% of sediment in the Nile river is trapped behind the dam Soil downstream is becoming infertile Chemical fertilisers causing EUTROPHICATION (loss of eco systems) |
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