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THE Nile flood of 1938 has been exceptionally high, and if we consider the Nile at Aswan, it was the highest since that of 1898 or perhaps 1892. Thanks to the protective measures carried out by the Ministry of Public Works, the water was passed through the whole length of Egypt to the sea (1,500 kilometres) without serious damage. Damage was limited to the loss of crops on islands and low lands lying inside the river banks and to infiltration, and this occurs in all years when the flood is fairly high. Among the protective measures was the use of the Aswan Reservoir to prevent the river-level passing the danger point, whereby the peak was lowered by about twenty centimetres, and the level of the river reduced during about twenty days.
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HURST, H. The Nile Flood. Nature 142, 1106–1107 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421106a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1421106a0