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Khashm al-Qirbah Dam

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importance in economy

In Sudan: Mechanized agriculture
…areas are watered by the Khashm Al-Qirbah Dam on the Atbara River and by Al-Ruṣayriṣ Dam, which provides irrigation water for the Rahad Scheme.
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irrigational use of Nile River

In Nile River: Dams and reservoirs
…one on the Atbara at Khashm al-Qirbah (completed in 1964) and the Al-Ruṣayriṣ Dam on the Blue Nile (1966)—have enabled Sudan to take maximum advantage of its allocation of waters from Lake Nasser.
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