Egypt plans to build world’s longest artificial river

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Egypt plans to build world’s longest artificial river

Mon 24 Apr 2023

Egypt has announced plans to build an artificial river, spanning 114 kilometres in length. The project, which is valued at 160 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.25 billion), will be the longest of its kind in the world.

The national project, titled the ‘New Delta,’ will include two individual projects as well – ‘Egypt’s Futrue’ and the ‘South of El-Dabaa Axis’.

This will help in the expansion for the cultivation of strategic crops, which will thus reduce bill imports, which worsened due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

According to a report by Asharq Business, the agricultural land to be cultivated from the Egyptian project is “2.2 million acres, and that the supply of water to the river will depend on the recycling of agricultural drainage water and groundwater.”

The project, which is in close proximity to airports and ports, will also reportedly open job opportunities, along with achieving food security and import substitution.

https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industr ... ile-report

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A basic map showing the river's planned route would have been nice to see.

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A basic map showing the river's planned route would have been nice to see.

Ask Bing says:

Egypt has announced plans to build an artificial river, spanning 114 kilometres in length. The project, which is valued at 160 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.25 billion), will be the longest of its kind in the world(1). However, I couldn’t find any information about a map of the planned route of the river.

(1) Source cited by Bing: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industr ... ile-report

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