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The Nile River, flowing northward into the Mediterranean Sea, is among the world’s longest rivers, extending approximately 6,650 kilometers (4,130 miles). Its drainage basin encompasses eleven countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), once called the Millennium or Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile River, located in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region about 14 kilometers (9 miles) from the Sudanese border
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) stands as Africa’s largest hydropower project, symbolizing Ethiopia’s ambition for energy independence and regional transformation
The Nile River, one of the longest rivers in the world, flows northward across Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. Stretching about 6,650 kilometers (4,130 miles), its vast drainage basin spans eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), previously known as the Millennium Dam and also referred to as the Hidase Dam, is a large gravity dam situated on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Region, roughly 14 kilometers (9 miles) east of the Sudan border

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