Sadd al-'Alī (English spelling)

Japanese: Sadd al-‘Alī(英語表記)SaddalAli
Sadd al-'Alī (English spelling)

…A rock-fill dam located about 900 km upstream from the mouth of the Nile near Aswan, Egypt. In Arabic, it is called Sadd al-'Alī. The annual flow of the Nile near Aswan varies greatly, from 151 billion tons in good years to 42 billion tons in dry years, so smoothing this out and making effective use of the water has long been a wish of the people living along the river. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Sadd al-'Alī" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エジプト,アスワンの近く,ナイル河口から約900kmの上流にあるロックフィルダム。アラビア語ではSadd al‐‘Alīという。ナイル川のアスワン付近での年間流量は豊水年で1510億t,渇水年で420億tと大きく変化するので,これを平滑化して有効に利用することは川沿住民にとって古くからの悲願であった。…

※「Sadd al-‘Alī」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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