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Toshka Lakes (بحيرات توشكى) is the name given to recently formed endorheic lakes in the Sahara Desert of Egypt.[1]

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  1. 34 relations: Ahmed Urabi, Ambrosia, Aquifer, Aswan Dam, Dune, Egypt, Endorheic basin, Endorheic lake, Eocene, Ethiopian Highlands, Evaporation, International Space Station, Kharga Oasis, Lake Nasser, Limestone, List of lakes of Egypt, Mahdist State, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, New Urban Communities Authority, New Valley Governorate, New Valley Project, Nile, Nile Basin Initiative, Nile boat, Nubian Swell, Nubians, Old Nubian, Sahara, Sea level, Spillway, Western Desert, Wetland, 2020 Sudan floods, 2022 Sudan floods.

  2. Endorheic lakes of Africa
  3. Lake Nasser
  4. Lakes of Egypt
  5. New Valley Governorate

Ahmed Urabi

Ahmed Urabi (Arabic: أحمد عرابي; 31 March 1841 – 21 September 1911), also known as Ahmed Ourabi or Orabi Pasha, was an Egyptian military officer. He was the first political and military leader in Egypt to rise from the fellahin (peasantry). Urabi participated in an 1879 mutiny that developed into the ʻUrabi revolt against the administration of Khedive Tewfik, which was under the influence of an Anglo-French consortium.

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Ambrosia

In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it.

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Aquifer

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).

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Aswan Dam

The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1980s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Toshka Lakes and Aswan Dam are lake Nasser.

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Dune

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.

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Endorheic lake

An endorheic lake (also called a sink lake or terminal lake) is a collection of water within an endorheic basin, or sink, with no evident outlet.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Ethiopian Highlands

The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa.

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Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

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Kharga Oasis

The Kharga Oasis (الخارجة); (ϯ)ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ϩⲏⲃ, "Oasis of Hib", (ϯ)ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲙ̀ⲯⲟⲓ "Oasis of Psoi") is the southernmost of Egypt's five western oases. It is located in the Western Desert, about 200 km (125 miles) to the west of the Nile valley. "Kharga" or "El Kharga" is also the name of a major town located in the oasis, the capital of New Valley Governorate.

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Lake Nasser

Lake Nasser (بحيرة ناصر) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Toshka Lakes and Lake Nasser are lakes of Egypt.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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List of lakes of Egypt

Egypt contains many lakes currently and other lakes that have vanished. Toshka Lakes and List of lakes of Egypt are lakes of Egypt.

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Mahdist State

The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.

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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-based sensor used for earth and climate measurements.

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The New Urban Communities Authority (هيئة المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة) is an Egyptian state owned enterprise (SOE) established in 1979 and affiliated to the Ministry of Housing.

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New Valley Governorate

New Valley Governorate or El Wadi El Gedid Governorate (محافظة الوادي الجديد) is a governorate of Egypt.

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New Valley Project

The New Valley Project or Toshka Project consists of building a system of canals to carry water from Lake Nasser to irrigate part of the sandy wastes of the Western Desert of Egypt, which is part of the Sahara Desert. Toshka Lakes and New Valley Project are new Valley Governorate.

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Nile

The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.

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Nile Basin Initiative

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a partnership among the Nile riparian states that “seeks to develop the river in a cooperative manner, share substantial socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security”.

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Nile boat

The Nile River is a major resource for the people living along it, especially thousands of years ago.

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Nubian Swell

The Nubian Swell is a geologic structural uplift in northern Africa that trends east to west and separates the lower Nile of Egypt from the Sudan basin.

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Nubians

Nubians (Nobiin: Nobī) are a Nilo-Saharan speaking ethnic group indigenous to the region which is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Old Nubian

Old Nubian (also called Middle Nubian or Old Nobiin) is an extinct Nubian language, attested in writing from the 8th to the 15th century AD.

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Sahara

The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Spillway

A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself.

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Western Desert

In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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2020 Sudan floods

In September 2020, profuse and continuous rainfall in Sudan caused a devastating flood across 17 out of the 18 states Sudanese states with the Blue Nile reaching water levels not seen for nearly a century.

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2022 Sudan floods

The 2022 Sudan floods saw the figure for flood-affected people in Sudan had exceeded the figure for 2021, rising to 314,500.

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See also

Endorheic lakes of Africa

Lake Nasser

Lakes of Egypt

New Valley Governorate

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshka_Lakes

Also known as Tushka lakes.