List of dams on the Nile

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The list of dams on the Nile includes dams , dams and large weirs on the Nile and its tributaries.

Surname year flow location country comment
Angereb Reservoir 1986 Kl. Angereb 12 ° 36 ′ 57 ″  N , 37 ° 29 ′ 12 ″  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia Water supply for Gondar
Chara-Chara-Wehr 1996 Lake Tana 11 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 37 ° 24 ′ 37 ″  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia Outflow of Lake Tana
Tana Beles power plant 2010 Lake Tana 11 ° 52 ′ 57.4 "  N , 37 ° 0 ′ 41.6"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia In the outflow of Lake Tana to Beles
Dam 1243 2010 Beles 11 ° 39 ′ 42.7 "  N , 36 ° 41 ′ 11.8"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia At the Beles at 1243 m above sea level. d. M.
Tis Abay I 1964 Blue Nile 11 ° 29 '9.5 "  N , 37 ° 35' 23.1"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia
Tis Abay II 2001 Blue Nile 11 ° 29 '19.5 "  N , 37 ° 35" 59.6 "  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia
Fincha power plant 2011 Fincha 9 ° 33 '30 "  N , 37 ° 21' 57.5"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia Commissioning 2007 (1/2), 2011 (1/2)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam 2018-2020 Blue Nile 11 ° 12 '51 "  N , 35 ° 5' 35"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia under construction
Roseires Dam 1966 Blue Nile 11 ° 47 '55 "  N , 34 ° 23' 15.5"  E SudanSudan Sudan 1971: turbines; 2013: Increase by 10 m
Sannar Dam 1925 Blue Nile 13 ° 32 '50.3 "  N , 33 ° 38' 6.9"  E SudanSudan Sudan
Owen Falls Dam
Nalubaale Power Station 		1954 White Nile 0 ° 26 ′ 35.6 "  N , 33 ° 11 ′ 6"  E UgandaUganda Uganda In the outflow of Lake Victoria
Kiira Power Station 1999 White Nile 0 ° 27 ′ 1 ″  N , 33 ° 11 ′ 8 ″  E UgandaUganda Uganda In the outflow of Lake Victoria
Bujagali Dam 2012 White Nile 0 ° 29 '52.5 "  N , 33 ° 8' 13.7"  E UgandaUganda Uganda
Isimba Power Station 2018 White Nile 0 ° 49 '30 "  N , 33 ° 1' 48"  E UgandaUganda Uganda Under construction
Karuma Power Station 2018 White Nile 2 ° 14 ′ 35 "  N , 32 ° 14 ′ 42"  E UgandaUganda Uganda Under construction
Ayago Power Station 2020 White Nile 2 ° 21 ′ 47 "  N , 31 ° 55 ′ 12"  E UgandaUganda Uganda In planning
Jebel Aulia Dam 1937 White Nile 15 ° 14 '18.2 "  N , 32 ° 29' 4.9"  E SudanSudan Sudan 1937 dam with lock; 2005 power plant
Tekeze dam 2009 Tekeze 13 ° 20 ′ 40 "  N , 38 ° 44 ′ 43"  E EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia Highest dam in Africa
Burdana Dam 2017 Setit 14 ° 15 ′ 28 "  N , 35 ° 55 ′ 45"  E SudanSudan Sudan Two interconnected dams
Rumela Dam 2017 Atbara 14 ° 14 ′ 29 "  N , 35 ° 55 ′ 5"  E SudanSudan Sudan Two interconnected dams
Khashm-el-Girba dam 1964 Atbara 14 ° 55 ′ 31 ″  N , 35 ° 54 ′ 19 ″  E SudanSudan Sudan
Merowe Dam 2009 Nile 18 ° 40 ′ 8 ″  N , 32 ° 3 ′ 1 ″  E SudanSudan Sudan
Aswan High Dam 1971 Nile 23 ° 58 '9.5 "  N , 32 ° 52' 46.5"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Aswan Dam 1902 Nile 24 ° 1 '59.7 "  N , 32 ° 51' 58"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt Increased 1912 and 1934 + KW
Esna weir 1908 Nile 25 ° 18 '26.5 "  N , 32 ° 33' 28.3"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt 1945–1947 rebuilt
Esna Dam Electricity Bridge 1990 Nile 25 ° 19 '3.4 "  N , 32 ° 33" 20 "  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Naga Hammadi Weir 1930 Nile 26 ° 8 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 32 ° 10 ′ 9 ″  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Naga Hammadi barrage 2008 Nile 26 ° 9 ′ 13 ″  N , 32 ° 8 ′ 47 ″  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Asyut weir 1902 Nile 27 ° 12 ′ 7.6 "  N , 31 ° 11 ′ 21.4"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt Rebuilt in 1938
Delta Barrages 1862 Rosetta arm 30 ° 11 ′ 4 ″  N , 31 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E EgyptEgypt Egypt Completed in 1898 after renovations
Muhammad Ali Barrages 1938 Rosetta arm 30 ° 11 ′ 20 "  N , 31 ° 6 ′ 34"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Edfina weir 1951 Rosetta arm 31 ° 18 '20.6 "  N , 30 ° 31' 7.4"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Delta Barrages 1862 Damietta arm 30 ° 11 ′ 35 "  N , 31 ° 7 ′ 43"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt Completed in 1898 after renovations
Muhammad Ali Barrages 1938 Damietta arm 30 ° 11 ′ 42 "  N , 31 ° 7 ′ 37"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt
Zifta weir 1903 Damietta arm 30 ° 44 ′ 37.5 "  N , 31 ° 14 ′ 26.1"  E EgyptEgypt Egypt Rebuilt 1949–1953
Damietta dam 1989 Damietta arm 31 ° 24 ′ 33.9 ″  N , 31 ° 47 ′ 10 ″  E EgyptEgypt Egypt

See also