When people think of Africa and its civilization, one cannot truly do so without considering the significance of the River Nile to the continent of Africa and the people. In terms of length, Nile River is the longest river in the world stretching 4258 miles (6853 kilometers) ranking right before the Amazon River in South America. Overall, the Nile River basin is shared by 11 sovereign states covering almost 10% of all African continent. Also, the river can be divided into two sub-basins, including Easter Nile sub-basin which shares 85% of all Nile water and Great Equatorial lakes that share the rest of 15% of water (Mohamed, 2016). This paper will focus primarily on ways and which countries try to control the River Nile for their use. Moreover, …show more content…
Particularly, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and, Uganda are countries that rely on River Nile for existence. However, in recent years, the water demand due to growing populations in these countries poses water shortage issues as these 10 countries house 40% of the continent's population. (El-Fadel, 2003). Historically, Egypt and the city of Cairo has been the main water user, but now other countries are developing water projects to benefit from the Nile water, which is resulting in more conflicts between nations over water possession.
In terms of control of the power of Nile River, it seems that Egypt is the most powerful actor because they have been in control of the river historically and they have the most resources to be able to have control over the river as opposed to other relatively poor nations that also use River Nile. Also, Egypt has been using the most amount of water resources than the other user
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In the next paper, I would like to focus on impacts of climate change on the Nile River Basin purely because of how much climate change could change the way millions of people live for worse. I want to dive deeper into understanding the challenges that many people are facing today, and potentially finding ways in which people could lessen the negative impacts of climate change on River Nile as the river is their main source of water and
Also, the rulers of said kingdoms have used no nonsense policies, both domestic and foreign, to decrease crime rates and peacefully trade. And, lastly, Africa’s natural geography has helped the African people be some of the most successful. Whether it’s the desert or the densely vegetated areas, Africa’s geography has helped it’s people. Before the arrival of the
Throughout history, Egypt was one of the greatest societies for many reasons. The Egyptian society lasted from 3100 BCE to 30 BCE. It was ruled by multiple pharaohs, one of the most important being Queen Hatshepsut as she was the first female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. In addition, the geography of the region helped the Egyptian people immensely as the Nile River provided a way of transportation improved soil conditions. Lastly, their architectural advancements made their society great as it created a way of spiritual life for all people.
The Nile River has helped harvest in and exceptionally in Egypt. According to Document B, the irrigation channels needed the Nile because the Nile provided water. Without the Nile water the crops would not last and the farmers wouldn’t have jobs. As stated in the song, “Hymn to the Nile,” in Document E, the Nile was much appreciated as it was written, “spring from the ground, come to keep the land alive…
northeastern Africa in-between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Some countries that border Egypt are Sudan and Libya. The one main source of water in Ancient Egypt was the Nile River. Ancient Egypt started in 2920 B.C.E. The Nile River helped the crops in Ancient Egypt, for example, papyrus.
Therefore, it became densely populated. Also, the Nile was used for trade and transportation, making it one of the most advanced civilizations of time. Egyptians and their way of life were greatly influenced by geography like the Nile River. The civilizations of ancient Egypt and China demonstrated that the influence of geography was pivotal to the rise of these great civilizations and the people who lived there.
Also, the Nile River affected the culture of the Egyptian civilization because it became a large part of their religious beliefs. This proves that geography had a large part in shaping the civilization in the Egyptian river
Ancient Egypt was the most advance civilization of antiquity. They had fairly advance Medicine, Architecture, Religion, and were also wise in philosophy. Greek culture learned a lot from Egypt, and they constantly referred to them and sought to find their ancestors in Egypt. The Nile was a fundamental element for the flourishing of the civilization of ancient Egypt, most of the population of cities were in the Nile valley and the Delta. The Nile was vital to Egyptian culture from the stone age.
According to the article by “Climate Change and Inequality”, inequality is “an inherent feature of the distribution of global material and resource use and its impact on environmental degradation and climate change (2)”. Developed economies consumes almost 50 percent of global resources which leads to environmental degradation. This behavior has negative effect on every individual in the world, especially residents from less developed or undeveloped areas. Climate change challenged human life and therefore can worsens social, economic and health inequalities. Firstly, some environmental problems will nor affect everyone.
2% of earth’s fresh water is frozen in ice caps; and, only 1% of earth’s fresh water is available to consume. 2. Unfortunately for our planet, supplies of water are running dry at an alarming rate. The world’s population continues to soar; but, that rise in numbers has not been matched by an increase in supplies of fresh water. Let’s talk about what is going on around the world; I will mention to you just a few major cities, and show you how they are dealing with water shortage.
According to IPCC’s synthesis report on climate change in 2014, the global temperature has risen by about 0.85 degrees Celsius since the beginning of industrialization and is estimated to increase further by 1.5°C to 2.0°C by the end of the 21st century (IPCC 2014b, p.4-5). The seemingly “small” rise of temperature greatly affects the living environment and life patterns of humankind in literally every way, including melting ice, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, extreme weather, disrupted plants growth and animal migration, as well as people’s daily demand for energy to produce food and clothes, facilitate air conditioning, and change the modes of
Climate Change is the second biggest environmental Problem the world has faced in the 21st Century. Although Climate change is quite Omnifarious, One of the biggest problems unstable climate change presents Is how it affects our health and our wellbeing. This essay will help shed light on some drastic life and health effects climate change can have in a local setting compared to a national or global setting. Rising sea levels are just one out of many problems that will potentially place many people out of homes in the next 100 years. With continuous Ocean and atmospheric warming, sea levels will continue to rise at a higher rates than currently recorded this year.
One of the greatest issues that we face towards the environment has been an increasingly difficult problem over the last few years. Earths climate is changing at rapid paces and solutions are needed as quickly as possible to replenish natural ecosystems and cultures that depend on the environment. Climate change not only affects the animals in our ecosystem, but us humans as well. With the human population increasing every year, climate change is only getting worse. Many argue that the effects of climate change towards the environment are due to other extraneous factors, however, I myself am a strong believer that the problems such as rising sea levels, warmer temperatures and natural disasters are all due to both natural causes and human activity.
Introduction West Africa is an United Nations subregion that includes eighteen states located in the westernmost part of the African continent. Up to the end of World War II, the region was under the colonialist influence of Europe, specifically France, and the newfound independence left many states suffering from severe political instability, leaving the doors open for a series of brutal conflicts such as the Nigerian civil war, two Liberian civil wars, or the Sierra Leone civil war. Extreme levels of poverty and interests, both local and foreign, in resources of the region (such as the globally renowned Sierra Leone diamond mines) are all factors that contributed to the violence that has raged across the region in the last decades. The constant