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Old 05-31-2010, 03:48 PM
Mahatatain Mahatatain is offline
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How sophisticated would the irrigation systems built by the Kenyans be?

I would imagine that to divert enough water from the Nile to cause the Egyptians problems that would involve something like a dam. If that is the case I would have thought that a dam would be a raid target for the Egyptian military to destroy?

If the irrigation systems are just low tech ditches etc then Egypt will have to take and hold the Kenyan portion of the Nile to prevent the Kenyans from diverting water, but is something low tech going to cause enough of a loss of water flow?

I'm not a water engineer though....
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