Nile

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The Nile Basin is part of / comprises: · Africa · Arab States · Eastern Africa · Middle Africa · Northern Africa ·
Countries sharing the Nile Basin: · Burundi · Central African Republic · Congo · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Kenya · Rwanda · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda ·

Facts & Figures	edit
Catchment Area^A	853 km³
Recipient
Neighbouring Basins^A	Awash, Baraka, Congo-Zaire, Gash, Lake Chad, Lake Natron, Lake Turkana, Lotagipi Swamp,
Population^A	160,000,000
Population Density^A	53 /km²
Discharge^A	330 km³/yr
Surface Area	m³
Average Depth	m
Water Volume	m²
Water Stress	2000 m³/person/year
Average Precipitation	mm/yr
Evaporation	mm/yr
Runoff	107000 mm/yr
Land Use
Irrigated Area	52200 km²
Irrigable Area	2710000 km²
No. of Dams^A	12
Dam Density	0.1 dams/km²
Total Water Withdrawals	km³
For Agricultural Use
For Domestic Use
For Industrial Use
Renewable Water Available (m³/yr/pers)
References & Remarks
^A Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database, Oregon University

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2 Water Basin Profile: Physical and Hydrological Characteristics
3 Water Basin Profile: Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues
4 Water Basin Profile: Transboundary Political and Institutional Setting
5 Water Basin Profile: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for the Future
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9 Who is Who
10 References
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News

Water Basin Profile: Physical and Hydrological Characteristics

Water Basin Profile: Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues

Creating a more cooperative environment for management of the Nile River has been an aim in the region for centuries. In recent years political conditions in basin countries have provided a window of opportunity for progress on cooperative development of the shared waters. With the support of external agencies, since the late 1990s nine of the ten Nile riparian countries have begun a process of institutional development that has cemented cooperation and charted a way towards future development in the Nile basin. Yet, the main issue remains to put this institutional development and cooperative thinking into practice through the development of projects of mutual benefit that are sustainable and can alleviate the worst poverty.

This key challenge is being faced by the parties to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). Based in Entebbe, Uganda, the NBI, with representatives of all basin states except Eritrea, is helping coordinate two programmes with broad development agendas. The implementation of these programmes is now paramount. Success in cooperation needs to be followed by a transition to development activities, which should become the mainstay of this initiative, aiming to move towards benefit sharing rather than water sharing. Meanwhile, a 1959 agreement between Sudan and Egypt is still the basis for allocation of the Nile River water resources. Accordingly, the average annual flow of 84 billion m³ is divided between the two countries: Egypt receives 55.5 billion m³ and Sudan 18.5 billion m³ (measured at Aswan Dam in southern Egypt); some 10 billion m³ is assumed to be lost to evaporation from the reservoir of Aswan Dam.