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Toshka Lakes
The Toshka lakes and Lake Nasser in 2021
Toshka Lakes
Location
New Valley Governorate
Coordinates
23°06′N30°54′E / 23.1°N 30.9°E / 23.1; 30.9
Type
Endorheic lake
Primary inflows
Nile-Lake Nasser via Sadat Canal
Basin countries
Egypt
Surface area
1,450 km2 (560 sq mi) (2000) 307 km2 (119 sq mi) (Lowest, 2012)[1]
Water volume
25.26 km3 (10 cu mi) (2000)[1]
Location of the Toshka Lakes and Lake Nasser in Egypt.Photograph of the Toshka Lakes taken Dec. 2002 from the International Space Station looking NE. Lake Nasser is the very long lake that lies east of the lakes. Wadi Toshka is the large bay in Lake Nasser directly east of the Toshka lakes. The Western Desert of Egypt can be seen west of Lake Nasser
Toshka Lakes (Arabic: بحيرات توشكى, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation:[boħeˈɾæːtˈtoʃkæ]) is the name given to recently formed endorheic lakes in the Sahara Desert of Egypt.[2] Their presence is caused by periodic overflow from Lake Nasser.
The presence of the depression helped establish the Toshka New Valley Project, made possible by the Sheikh Zayed Canal, which starts from the Mubarak pump station to raise water from the creek of Lake Nasser to the canal, and whose aim is to develop the southern valley area.[3]
^El-Shabrawy, Gamal M; Henri J. Dumont (2009). "The Toshka Lakes". The Nile. Monographiae Biologicae. Vol. 89. pp. 157–162. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_8. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6.
^"مشروعى توشكى ونرعة السلام وقضية المياه وحق مصر التاريخى". atef.helals.net. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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being developed for agriculture, including the controversial but ambitious Toshka project in Upper Egypt, but some other fertile lands in the Nile Valley...
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