Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Sudan /
an-Nil-al-Azraq /
ad-Damazin /
World
/ Sudan
/ an-Nil-al-Azraq
/ ad-Damazin
, 97 km from center (الدمازين)
dam, interesting place, hydroelectric power station/plant, under construction
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia currently under construction. It is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 40 km east of the border with Sudan. At 6,000 MW, the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed, as well as the 11th largest in the world sharing the spot with Krasnoyarskaya. The reservoir at 63 billion cubic meters will be one of the continent's largest. According to the Ethiopian government, as of October 2014, the dam is 40% complete.
The potential impacts of the dam have been the source of severe regional controversy. The Government of Egypt, a country which relies heavily on the waters of the Nile, has demanded that Ethiopia cease construction on the dam as a preconditions to negotiations, sought regional support for its position, and some political leaders have discussed methods to sabotage it. Egypt has planned a diplomatic initiative to undermine support for the dam in the region as well as in other countries supporting the project such as China, Italy, and Norway. However, other nations in the Nile Basin Initiative have expressed support for the dam including Sudan,the only other nation downstream of the Blue Nile, which has accused Egypt of inflaming the situation. Ethiopia denies that the dam will have a negative impact on downstream water flows and contends that the dam will in fact increase water flows to Egypt by reducing evaporation on Lake Nasser. It has accused Egypt of being unreasonable; Egypt is demanding to increase its share of the Nile's water flow from 66% to 90% yalibnan.com/2020/10/24/ethiopia-blasts-trump-remark-th...
The potential impacts of the dam have been the source of severe regional controversy. The Government of Egypt, a country which relies heavily on the waters of the Nile, has demanded that Ethiopia cease construction on the dam as a preconditions to negotiations, sought regional support for its position, and some political leaders have discussed methods to sabotage it. Egypt has planned a diplomatic initiative to undermine support for the dam in the region as well as in other countries supporting the project such as China, Italy, and Norway. However, other nations in the Nile Basin Initiative have expressed support for the dam including Sudan,the only other nation downstream of the Blue Nile, which has accused Egypt of inflaming the situation. Ethiopia denies that the dam will have a negative impact on downstream water flows and contends that the dam will in fact increase water flows to Egypt by reducing evaporation on Lake Nasser. It has accused Egypt of being unreasonable; Egypt is demanding to increase its share of the Nile's water flow from 66% to 90% yalibnan.com/2020/10/24/ethiopia-blasts-trump-remark-th...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam
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Coordinates: 11°12'53"N 35°5'34"E
- Upper Atbara and Setit Dam Complex 352 km
- Legedadi reservoir 485 km
- SABRAB DAM AXIS 511 km
- Gema Dam site 587 km
- Dam 591 km
- wadi alugdm DAM 671 km
- Marawi Dam 894 km
- BIYAXIDHEENKA (2) 955 km
- Southern Canal - Flood Project 1220 km
- King Fahad Dam 1230 km
- Old Umderfa Village 40 km
- Meteor crater 53 km
- D 59 km
- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Reservoir 63 km
- E 69 km
- F 72 km
- F 78 km
- Ar-Rossieres Dam Lake 86 km
- خال النبراس 92 km
- Dinder National Park 107 km
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