The Nile Delta
- Created by: charlottemathews
- Created on: 27-04-21 15:22
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- Environmental impacts
- The Nile Delta
- Economic impacts
- Huge effect on fisherman in the river
- Water moves slower so fish river ecosystem will eventually be destroyed
- Huge effect on fisherman in the river
- Social impacts
- Delta being eroded more so properties will be lost
- Property prices will be reduced
- Economic impacts
- Aswan High dam
- River discharge fell from 35 billion m3 per year - 10 billion m3
- Sediment volume fell from 130 million tonnes - 15 million tonnes
- Erosion rates jumped from 20-25m per year to over 200m per year
- Caused by:
- Water withdrawals from industry, cities & farming from reservoir behind dam
- Sediment being trapped by reservoir & dam; water in reservoir flows very slowly so sediment is deposited
- The Nile Delta
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