My Teenage Life in Egypt

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The Future of the Nile WhileEgypt has undergonemany changes during itsmillenia of existence, one thing has not changed—the country’s complete and total dependence on the Nile River. The building of the Aswan High Dam provided many tons of fish to help feed the population and also regulated the rise and fall of the river and supplied much-needed electricity. Egyptian leaders have always made it clear that serious tampering with the Nile’s flowby another nation could be a cause for war. The river’s two branches rise in Ethiopia and Uganda and flow through Sudan before

Behind the Aswan High Dam, Lake Nasser is not only a source of irrigation and drinking water, but a popular recreation spot.

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