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  • * Warmer later this week: Full Forecast | Potomac river's fall & rise *

    September 2010 hottest since 1980 Jason Samenow 2010

  • China and India describe the Chinese dam as a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project that does not actually block the river's flow, but instead uses the natural flow of the river to generate energy.

    Indian Satellites Confirm China Not Diverting River 2011

  • Upstream countries argue that use of the term 'adversely affected' gives Egypt veto power over any project that would use the river's water.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • From the river's source, our correspondent reports newly assertive upstream nations are challenging treaties that grant most of the Nile's flow to consumer countries Egypt and Sudan.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • Upstream countries argue that use of the term 'adversely affected' gives Egypt veto power over any project that would use the river's water.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • Upstream countries argue that use of the term 'adversely affected' gives Egypt veto power over any project that would use the river's water.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

  • Apart from building cities from scratch, his most ambitious project was to free Egypt from the confines of the Nile valley by diverting the river's water into the Western Desert.

    Will Stebbins: Dumber Than Mubarak? Will Stebbins 2011

  • The river's mouth requires constant dredging to remove silt brought down the river and its tributaries.

    Muddy Waters for River Shippers Cameron McWhirter 2011

  • Apart from building cities from scratch, his most ambitious project was to free Egypt from the confines of the Nile valley by diverting the river's water into the Western Desert.

    Will Stebbins: Dumber Than Mubarak? Will Stebbins 2011

  • From the river's source, our correspondent reports newly assertive upstream nations are challenging treaties that grant most of the Nile's flow to consumer countries Egypt and Sudan.

    Nile River Dispute Heats Up 2010

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