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HIGH ASWAN DAM
BY MACKENZIE TROEHLER
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TripleMs
2.
PROBLEM?
Fishing industry has decreased
Water isn't nutrient rich due to harmful salts and pesticides
Farmers must use artificial fertilizers
Contaminates get into water
Parasites that cause schistosomiasis can infect the water
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Matt. Create.
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CAUSES
Silt build up at bottom of Lake Nasser
Natural nutrients also build up
Waste products get into water supply
Low nutrient water going into Mediterranean Sea
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RustyClark (hottnfunkyradio.com)
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SOME BACKGROUND
Government almost lost valuable artifacts from time of pharoahs
Government almost lost valuable artifacts from time of pharoahs
Land around Lake Nasser is more fertile from nutrients in the water
Regulates water flow and gives irrigation systems water
Caused a loss of wetlands-dam dried them up
Silt builds up at the bottom of Lake Nasser instead of flowing through the water
Silt builds up at the bottom of Lake Nasser instead of flowing through the water
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gogoninja
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LONG TERM EFFECTS
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zoutedrop
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Lake Nasser becomes smaller each year because of silt build up
Build up also decreases amount of water going into dam
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-NACH-
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Decreased power of the Nile downstream
Water doesn't have natural nutrients
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D-Stanley
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Salt content will continue to rise
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djwtwo
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POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
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just.Luc
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FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY
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diegodacal
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CHANGE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
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Stuck in Customs
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Prevent salt and nutrients from building up
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Mystic Musings...
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Don't control the Nile River so strictly
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darkmoon
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THE END
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VinothChandar
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SOURCES
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Ottoman42
MacKenzie Troehler
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