Chapter 1230 Water Rights
However, this "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom" is limited to cities along the Great Lakes, and does not cover the entire Great Lakes region. For the East African government, the Great Lakes region is a food production base, so it cannot sacrifice too much agricultural land for industrial development.
On the other hand, the future industrial structure pattern of East Africa will obviously still be dominated by the coastal and central regions. Going against the laws of economic development is obviously unsustainable.
The reason why the central region, which is not located on the coast, is special lies in three aspects: administration, resources, and transportation. The capital, Rhine City, is in the middle. This does not need to be said.
In terms of mineral resources, the central region is second only to the south, but the central region does not have the shortcoming of water resources, and has a good climate and a good industrial and agricultural foundation, which is also lacking in the southern region.
In terms of transportation, the intersection of railways, highways and canals in East Africa is in the central part. The two major railway hubs in East Africa are New Frankfurt and Rhine City, which are also two major highway hubs. At the same time, the central part is the middle section of the East African Canal, which connects East Africa. East and West coastal areas.
In the future, the central region will also become the core hub of the domestic aviation industry in East Africa. It can be said that in addition to maritime transportation, the transportation in the central region is extremely developed and convenient.
This can be seen from the cities in the central region. The economies of Mbeya, Harare, New Frankfurt, and Bulawayo rank among the top ten in East Africa, while Rhine City, Lusaka, and Kisan Cities such as Tete City and Tete City are also developing rapidly, and there are even more small industrial and mining cities in the central part.
In the early industrialization stage, the economic size of central East Africa can be said to be astonishing, accounting for almost half of the East African economy, especially in the field of heavy industry. Of course, with the further reduction of shipping costs and the depletion of resources, the future of the central economy is bound to be Will be impacted.
However, the future of the central economy is not worth worrying about. The happy industries in East Africa have also been deployed in the central part relatively early. For example, Mbeya City and Rhine City are typical science and education cities in East Africa, while cities such as New Frankfurt and Kisan City are It is a typical light industrial city.
In terms of industrial layout, the industries in the central region are relatively reasonable and healthy, at least they will not be like the situation in the Ruhr area of Germany in the future.
The problem of resource depletion in central China at most involves some small industrial and mining towns. Nowadays, the development of mining in central Africa in East Africa has a history of several decades, which will inevitably lead to early depletion of some small mining areas.
Although the future of these mining towns is worrying, they are not without merit, and there are many assets left behind.
Take the national railways in East Africa as an example. The central region is the densest. Many of the more than 200,000 kilometers of railways in East Africa were built for these mining areas, and there are countless buildings, equipment, etc. left behind.
During the "Fourth Five-Year Plan" period, an important task of the East African government is to guide the central region, especially the two provinces of Bohemia and Lorraine, to actively develop other industries, get rid of dependence on heavy industry, and develop diversified development.
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Rhine city.
Sweet was reporting to Ernst on the construction status of the Great Lakes region.
"Currently, a series of preliminary work in the Great Lakes region is progressing smoothly. A total of 13 ports have been constructed and renovated. At the same time, some highways and railway lines are being adjusted."
"The construction of the most important hydropower facilities has also been carried out smoothly. After completion, the water resource allocation capacity in northern my country will be further improved."
"Especially in the Nile Province of the Nile Basin, the water problem in Turkana Province with Lake Turkana as its core will be greatly alleviated."
Turkana Province, on the other hand, suffers from water shortages as it goes south. Turkana Province can be divided into two parts, one is the Ethiopian region in the previous life, and the other is the northern Kenyan region in the previous life.
The Ethiopian plateau area has abundant rainfall, while the rainfall conditions in northern Kenya in previous lives were slightly better than those in the Somali desert. This can be seen from Lake Turkana. Its water source mainly comes from the Omo River, which originates from the Ethiopian plateau. This river flows into Lake Turkana from north to south.
Therefore, in Turkana Province, most rivers originate from the Ethiopian plateau area, while a small number come from the East African plateau, such as the Turkwell River, which also flows into Lake Turkana.
Sweet continued: "Our development of water resources in the Great Lakes region will alleviate the drought problem in the two places, and in this way, we will transform the local ecology and climate, and greatly enhance the livability of the two places."
"The utilization of the two water towers in the East African Plateau and the Ethiopian Plateau has made our agricultural and industrial development of the northern region a reality."
For East Africa, the most basic issue in the development of the northern region is the utilization and development of water resources, which is even more important than in South Africa.
After all, northern East Africa is the largest Sahara Desert in the world. In the past, South Sudan, Somalia and Kenya were all threatened by the desert.
The most typical one is the Nile Province of East Africa, which belongs to the Sahel zone. Although other areas in East Africa, such as the Azande Plateau, are also bordered by the Sahara Desert, it is impossible for the Sahara Desert to crawl over along the terrain.
The Nile Province is quite different. It is dominated by basin terrain. Although the Kordofan Plateau serves as a barrier in the north, it also has gaps and is vulnerable to desert threats.
Because Ernst originally wanted Sudan's oil resources, the Nile Province expanded a lot of territory into the North Sudan region in the previous life, and most of them had a tropical desert climate. The most typical one is Jezi located along the Nile River. The city of Lhasa almost juts out to Khartoum, the administrative center of Sudan.
Of course, this is an exaggeration. After all, the straight-line distance between Gezira City and Khartoum is nearly 200 kilometers.
Ernst said: "Very good, by making good use of the water resources in the Ethiopian Plateau and the East African Plateau, we can build many ecological zones in the Nile River Province and Turkana Province. Whether these areas become forests or grasslands, , farmland or towns, it’s a good thing for us.”
This kind of cross-regional water diversion project in Africa can only be completed in East Africa. After all, these regions did not belong to the same country in the previous life, and coordination was difficult to achieve.
For example, the southern part of Turkana Province belonged to Kenya in its previous life, while the northern part belonged to Ethiopia. It is basically impossible for Kenya to use Ethiopia's water sources. Ethiopia even built a reservoir upstream, which cut off the original water supply to Kenya.
The competition for "water rights" along the Nile River has become even more intense. In its previous life, Egypt spent a lot of time over water issues and had disputes and even conflicts with Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda.
There is no doubt that with the rise of East Africa, Egypt will only be worse than in its previous life. After all, Egypt's military strength in the previous life could be ranked first in Africa and it had obvious advantages over the countries in the upper reaches of the Nile River.
And a giant of the size of East Africa is obviously not something that Egypt can challenge.
It’s not just Egypt. East Africa’s control over water sources can be seen from the geographical map of East Africa. For example, the upper reaches of the Shari River, which the Kingdom of South Germany depends on, is also controlled within East Africa.
Of course, for East Africa, the South German Kingdom is not comparable to a pagan country like Egypt, so East Africa will definitely not be as evil to the South German Kingdom as it is to Egypt.
Among the countries involved in water resources in East Africa, Egypt and South Germany are the only two typical countries. In the future, there will also be Darfur, a country that was forcibly disintegrated from Sudan by East Africa.
Other countries bordering East Africa either do not lack water, or their water systems have little to do with East Africa. For example, in the Belgian Congo, there is not only no shortage of water resources in the tropical rainforest climate, but there is actually a lot of water. The British colony of South Africa, and East Africa Divided by the Orange River, its coastal areas also have abundant water resources.
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