Part 2 is available here and Part 3 is available here.. Ethiopia is constructing a mega dam on the Blue Nile River. To view the full films, ... whose Blue Nile contributes much of the river waters.

Ethiopia is building the dam near its border with Sudan on the Blue Nile, which flows into the Nile river - the main water source for Egypt’s population of 100 million. This 360° video is a version of the first VR documentary series from BBC News. The dam is being built in the Benishangul area of the Blue Nile, 40km from the Sudanese border and 700km from the capital Addis Ababa. The project is being implemented by the Italian company Salini Impregilo. The world's longest river, flows from Lake … ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's controversial Nile River dam will not be completed until 2022, more than four years behind schedule, because of possible defects with the hydro-electrical plant's equipment, an official said Thursday. 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. 0. The Blue Nile provides 86 per cent of the total Nile water revenues upon which Sudan relies partially and Egypt completely. Nile River - Nile River - Dams and reservoirs: In 1843 it was decided to build a series of diversion dams (barrages or weirs) across the Nile at the head of the delta about 12 miles downstream from Cairo, so as to raise the level of water upstream to supply the irrigation canals and to regulate navigation. This 360° video is a version of the first VR documentary series from BBC News.

David Israel-26 Iyyar 5780 – May 20, 2020. June 18th, 2013. Dr. Zeray Yihdego, University of Aberdeen, UK. This 360° video is a version of the first VR documentary series from BBC News. This article is Part 1 in a series of 3 articles by the same author. The mighty waters of the Nile, are under threat from climate change and booming population growth. The Government of Egypt, a country that relies heavily on the waters of the Nile, has demanded that Ethiopia cease construction on the dam as a precondition to negotiations. The Renaissance Dam spans the Blue Nile, the river’s main tributary, which supplies most of Egypt’s water. A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. … Nile River dam row: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan make draft deal.

To view the full films, ... whose Blue Nile contributes much of the river waters. Going up along the Blue Nile near the border with Sudan, the construction of the $4.5 billion dam – also known as GERD – is 74 percent complete. The negotiations center on the pace at which Ethiopia fills the 74 billion cubic meter reservoir behind the dam and the impact that could have on water supplies downstream in Sudan and Egypt. Egypt, Ethiopia, Prepare for War over Nile Dam. By. The Blue Nile River is the Nile's largest tributary and supplies about 85% of the water entering Egypt.