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River Mouth coordinates Basin size (km²) Average discharge Length (km) (m 3 /s) (km 3) ; Ceram Sea: Wae Nibe 438.5 14.14 0.446 Wae Bebek 368.2 18.18 0.573 Banda Sea
The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. When it was completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, surpassing the Chatuge Dam in the United States. [ 2 ]
View from the west bank of the Nile, islands, and Aswan. The Nile is nearly 650 m (0.40 mi) wide above Aswan. From this frontier town to the northern extremity of Egypt, the river flows for more than 1,200 km (750 mi) without bar or cataract. The voyage from Aswan to Alexandria usually took 21 to 28 days in favorable weather.
The geological distinction between these two portions of the river is considerable. North of Aswan, the river bed is not rocky, but is instead composed of sediment, and far from being a shallow river. It is believed [2] that the bedrock was previously eroded to be several thousand feet deep. This created a vast canyon that is now filled with ...
Bahasa Melayu; Minangkabau; ... Indonesia river stubs (16 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Indonesia" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The dam was built by the British at the former first cataract of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km (direct distance) south-southeast of Cairo. When initially constructed between 1899 and 1902, nothing of its scale had ...
In the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) for the period 2015–2019, there were 15 priority river basins (indicated in yellow) out of 108 designated priority river basins in the Integrated River Basin Management Plan (RPDAST) according to Decree No. 328/Menhut-II/2009. Additionally, there are 9 river basins categorized as disaster ...
Bigeh (Arabic: بجح; Ancient Egyptian znmwt) [3] is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt. The island has been situated in the reservoir of the Old Aswan Dam since the dam's initial completion in 1902. [4] [5]