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It is estimated that by this method, in ancient Egypt, some 2 million up to a maximum of 12 million inhabitants could be nourished. By the end of Late Antiquity, the methods and infrastructure slowly decayed, and the population diminished accordingly; by 1800, Egypt had a population of some 2.5 million inhabitants.
The 2016 Egypt flood was a natural disaster affecting the Assuit, Red Sea, Sohag, South Sinai and Qena governorates of Egypt in late October and early November. At least 26 people were killed and 72 injured.
Water resources management in Egypt depends on a complex set of infrastructure along the entire length of the river. The key element of this infrastructure is the Aswan High Dam that forms Lake Nasser. The High Dam protects Egypt from floods, stores water for year-round irrigation and produces hydropower.
Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia is using water from the Nile to fill its giant Renaissance dam.
Areas like this could possibly flood due to climate change. The Nile River is the main source of water, used for transportation, irrigation and hydroelectric power. More than 95% of Egypt’s freshwater resources come from the Nile River.
Egypt's main source of freshwater is the Nile River. The river supplies 55 billion m 3 of freshwater every year, which represents 97% of all renewable water resources in Egypt. [5] Overall, the Nile River constitutes about 90% Egypt's water supply. Average rainfall in Egypt is estimated at 18 mm or 1.8 billion m 3 per year.
Derna is prone to flooding, and its dam reservoirs have caused at least five deadly floods since 1942, the latest of which was in 2011, according to a research paper published by Libya’s Sebha ...
On 11 March 2020 it moved further northeast towards Egypt and merged with the hot air currents in Africa. [1] [2] By 12 March 2020, the cyclonic system intensified over northern Egypt and resulted in flooding. [3] By 13 March 2020 the storm had moved eastward and brought considerable rainfall to parts of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Saudi ...