Nile and Its Masters: Past, Present, Future

Name: Nile and Its Masters: Past, Present, Future
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

The Nile and Its Masters: Past, Present, FutureSource of Hope and Anger\nAuthor(s): Jean Kerisel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: A A Balkema Publishers, Netherlands\nImprint: A A Balkema Publishers\nISBN-13: 9789058093431, 978-9058093431\nSynopsis\nThe Pharoahs were masters of the Nile: they had adetailed understanding of the ways of the river. Modern Egyptianssee themselves as heirsto this tradition, and as owners of the Nile [url] 1960's, Egypt decided to protect its increasingly-populated Nile valley from theravages ofannualflooding by building a [url] relativelysmall daminthe valley of Nubia, in the region of Tushka, would have enabled the excess floodwaters tosafely be divertedtowards the fossil valley of the pre-Nile. However, it was decided to select a site near Aswan, making it necessary to inundate more than 250km ofriver [url] the years, this strategy has been revealed to have been faulty, andnumerous irrigation schemes in upriver countries have progressively reduced the amou""