WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BASIN Existing and main irrigation areas

n:JSYRIAN ARAB About this poster ISRAEL11---<:REPUBLIC''' MediterraneanSea This poster locates the key water infrastructure elements across the Nile basin, existing cle-usale dams and irrigation schemes. Data is taken from the FAO AQUATAT dams database for Africa and the Global Map of Irrigation Areas (GMIA). The poster also indicates the Alexandria -91-y-*Amman locations of proposed dams to illustrate the interest in hydropower development in the NILE OEM equatorial and eastern Nile sub-basins.

Existing dams in the Nile basin name Country Crest Purpose Operational Height Capacity since (m) (km3)

Assiut barrage 16 NA irrigation, navigation 1902 r's SAUDI ARABIA Esna barrage Egypt 16 NA irrigation, navigation 1902 Assuit Barrage High Aswan Egypt 111 162 irrigation, flood 1970 LIBYAN dam , .... control, hydropower ARAB : Naga HaMmadi Barrage . Nag-Hamady Egypt irrigation, navigation JAMAHIRIYA Esna Barrage 16 NA 1930 EGYPT barrage

Al Jawf Old Aswan Egypt 53 5 irrigation, hydropower 1933 ',.Asw5n dam Old ...... High Aswan Dal'n', Alwero Ethiopia NA 0.075 irrigation 1995 Fincha’a Ethiopia 25 0.65 irrigation 1973 Lake Nasser run of .... Tana Beles Ethiopia - hydropower 2010 river ...... s.-- Jiddah/ econd Catarad Tekezze Mecca Ethiopia 185 3 hydropower 2009

Tis Abay I + II Ethiopia run of 3.5 hydropower 1953 /2001 river

Thii.d(Cataract Jebel Aulia Sudan 22 3.5 irrigation, hydropower 1937 Khashm Sudan 35 1.3 irrigation, hydropower 1964 El Gibra

Merowe Merowe Sudan 67 12.5 irrigation, hydropower 2009

Fifth CataractX) z North Agr. Prod. Corp. Roseires Sudan 60 3 irrigation, hydropower 1966 SUDAN 1925 )fz' Sennar Sudan 48 0.93 irrigation, hydropower ERITREA 0Mdurman Bujagali Uganda 30 0.75 hydropower 2011 Gash Khartoum 111 Amara Haifa Suga Owen Falls Uganda irrigation, hydropower 1954 el Aulia 30 200* Guneid Extension New Haifa Pro. Corp Guneid Sugar Co. l(ashm IGirba * Additional capacity on lake Victoria. Elensi n GE4IRA ad Corp. Gezira Equipped irrigation Areas (ha)

Senn Suki Hagar Asalaja Nilagr. Pro. Corp, `1040(enana Burundi 3 212 Serma Sugar Co. Agr. Pro. Corp. r had 111 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 0 Abu Naama

Lake Roseires Tana-Bales Tana Egypt 3 401 717 Tona-Beles lis Abay r Eritrea 5 865 Ethiopia 88 024 Kenya 14 501

Buhr el Arab Rwanda 7 885 1,4641 cm Sudan 1 830 908 `s. Addis Ababa Await Tanzania 935 Uganda 9063 CENTRAL A7IC N )Jr' REPU6LIC Total 5 362 109

N < N,.& ETHIOPIA N. Proposed dams in the Nile basin Legend N Dam name Country Administration

Country boundary I Baro multi-purpose dam Ethiopia N 1

- - Country boundary in dispute Bahr &Jebel. dedden D.* 1 Grand Millenium Ethiopia CD Capital, major city Bahr ElJebel.- La 4.4 Bahr &Jebel.- Shokoti Hydrography Uele Bahr ELJebel.- Ful.¡DaM, Karadobi Ethiopia NO Lake, reservoir River Mabil Ethiopia Intermittent river KENYA DEMOCRATIC, Mendala Ethiopia Canal (under construction) SOMALIA Tunnet (under construction) REPUBLIC / Rusumo Rwanda Basin boundary OF THE CONG Irrigation Bahr El Jebel - Bedden Dam Sudan

Schemes and zones Kalagata gotaL area eqmpped tor IrrigatIon Elan Bahr El Jebel - Lakki Dam Sudan 100 to <-2 000 Bujagal. Gash Kampala 2 000 to 500 000 Bahr El Jebel - Shukoll Dam Sudan

BLUE NILE Main irrigation zone Lake Bahr El Jebel - Fula Dam Sudan Intensity of irrigation &heard [percentage of area egulpped farr Igatra NAP 1

5 Second cataract - Dal Dam Sudan 25 RWANDA Kiga.ti 100 Third cataract - Kajbar Dam Sudan Dams ylt A Existing Kalagala Uganda 4 Under construction Bujumbura 4 Planned , . Karuma Uganda

0 50 100 200 300 km Murchison Falls Uganda Or) conformaL conic protection (W05 1984) UNITEd REPUBLIC Standard para[Lels: 25°N and Wild- Central meridian: 32°E )r4iBUI:(UNDI OFTANZANIA South-North Ayago Uganda < -

Information Products for Nile Basin Water Resources Management GCP/INT/945/ITA burundi d.r.congo egypt eritrea ethiopia kenya rwanda sudan u.r.tanzania uganda

The project attempted to strengthen the ability of the governments of the Nile Riparian States to take informed decisions on water resources policy and management matters regarding the common Nile resource. It included a major capacity building component. The project www.fao.org/nr/water/faonile was implemented under the umbrella of the Nile Basin Initiative. Disclaimer A project sponsored by the Government of Italy The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.