← 4.3 Multi-purpose River Projects in Africa
The economic importance of river projects
Social Studies · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes
Power, irrigation, water, flood control, fish, tourism, transport and jobs, and what they earn.
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- 7 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
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- What a multi-purpose river project is
- River projects across Africa
- The River Tana projects
- Why the Tana was chosen
- The Aswan High Dam
- The economic importance of river projects
- Challenges facing river projects
- Designing solutions