Egypt Is Building The World's Largest Artificial River In The Desert

Egypt has a water problem, to tackle this they are building the world's largest artificial river. This colossal mega project is already underway and there are big disputes over it. Why are Egypt building this giant artificial river mega project and what is the need for it. Today we look at the insane engineering behind the project and if it will actually work.

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[TheImpossibleBuild]

Is this the coolest mega project in Africa right now?

[f.michaelmontgomerylcswlmf]

Wishing all the people of Egypt peace, health and prosperity from America.

[whispermason]

I'm proud of you Egypt. I'm an American with absolutely no stake in this, but have always thought we should be teraforming deserts. Way to go.

[essyn]

Thank you Egypt for seeking an alternative. Egyptians have always thought ahead. This way, we can avoid a war with Ethiopia over the mega dam. Much love from Uganda

[AJBesh]

If they built the pyramids, they can build anything. Power to you Egypt…love from Canada 🇨🇦 🇱🇾

[teodorojaranilla]

from Philippines here...I wish EGYPT to RISE again!!! GO GO GO EGYPT!!

[busoko_Ismail]

African Union, the country of Egypt and our Egyptian neighbors carrying out giant projects in the Egyptian seas and on the borders of Egypt Chad and new roads and the Egyptian companies are the infrastructure partner in Chad 🇪🇬🇷🇴❤

[warpeace]

As a lranian any development in Egypt makes me happy.❤

[soresabelay]

From Ethiopia,
Congratulations to Egypt for taking the right track! This's what we wanted for all downstream countries. Dig your ground, cultivate your soil, and let your economy support the poor. We Ethiopians are well-known for our pan-Africanist approach to growing together we call it "Brotherhood". We only pray for the prosperity of the entire continent, including yours.

[wilfredomacaraig]

Good job Egypt.
Excellently Beautiful Project for the people of Egypt.

[russellamaru]

Egypt has some seriously bright, future thinking leaders and administrators that have implemented a mega-project of epic proportions. Very, very commendable!!

[Papershields]

I mean nobody should be surprised. Egypt is the OG of mega projects after all.

[r.b.somers]

Best wishes Egypt from North Carolina, USA.

[ron.v]

This is exciting news for a country that holds a special place in the hearts of the world. May God bless these people to succeed.

[Langevloei-NL]

2:50 If the Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia collapsed, how is a diversion below the Aswan dam going to divert the flood water? The Roseires Dam in Sudan comes first. Then there is the Sennar Dam and Merowe Dam in Sudan before the water hits the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The diversion starts its way in Ezbet Sherif further downstream past Caïro. It looks more like an inlet. Caïro sits higher up the river, therefore is a diversion downstream of it meaningless as flood protection. FYI An artificial river is called a canal.

[francisleong]

7:14 is a map of Libya rather than Egypt. The least you can do is to show us a map of where this artificial river is.

[everettwalker]

40 years ago my brother in law Was drilling oil 2:18 wells in Egypt . They drilled into an underground river and offered it ( a free flowing 13 inch stream of water) and the Egyptian government made them cement it.

[ranger]

We use a lot of reclaimed water in Florida for irrigating our lawns and gardens...certainly nothing on this scale...but it works great! I commend them for their project.

[benediktmorak]

i remember a water shortage on the Nile already some 30 or more years ago.
I was on vacation and the journey back to Cairo was on river ships.
But the Ministry of Agriculture refused to release more war into the Nile because it was needed to water the fields.
And definitely not for about 20 Tourist ships.
We were lucky, we travelled on a smaller older ship.
With an old, wise Captain.
He turned the ship around and was more or less - digging - through all the silt and muck.
While the bigger and more modern ships had to wait a whole week to get more water under the keel.
( being a Chef) I felt only sorry for the head chef and his kitchen crew.
They after all had to feed some 200 passengers on each ship for a whole week extra.
Suppose after the Chefs was through, every local food shop and market stall must have been empty!

[euphgolf]

The copy for this video is so overwhelmingly positive, I would guess the narrator is literally reading the press release from the Egyptian and Chinese governments. No downsides, drawbacks, or possible harms? Not one person displaced? The impact of all that concrete? Some balance necessary.