What Happened to Libya's Great Man-Made River Project?
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- The Great Man-Made River (GMMR) is an extraordinary network of pipelines, hailed as the world's largest irrigation project. Stretching across Libya, it channeled fresh water from the ancient Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System to the bustling northern Mediterranean cities, including Tripoli and Benghazi. Covering a remarkable distance of up to 1,600 kilometers, this system supplied 70% of all freshwater used in Libya, transforming the arid landscape and supporting millions.
Beneath the desert sands lies the world's most extensive underground pipe and aqueduct network, spanning 2,820 kilometers. With over 1,300 wells, many deeper than 500 meters, the GMMR delivers an astonishing 6.5 million cubic meters of fresh water daily. The late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi once proclaimed it the "Eighth Wonder of the World," and it's easy to see why.
The GMMR has faced significant challenges, including damage during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011 when NATO airstrikes targeted a crucial pipe manufacturing plant. Despite claims of military use, the impact on water supply infrastructure was profound. The Second Libyan Civil War further strained the system, with infrastructure neglect and breakdowns. So where is the project now?
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Where democracy passes, the rivers dry up.
Cry me a river..
@@PCLinke Spoiler alert, we have a hypocrite! When Russia does it to a western proxy, European cry goes into crescendo...
@@PCLinkeso true
How can you talk about the amount of water in km²? That makes no sense.
WOW. WRONG.
Not even 3 minutes in and already so many mistakes.
You're talking about the Kufra basin which actually is a region not an aquifer. And it's area is only 8000km^2 which isn't even close to the 350000km^2 you stated in the video.
There is part of an aquifer beneath it, but that aquifer actually spans across Libya, Sudan, Chad and Egypt. So your map is also very wrong.
Also you are repeatedly mixing up the measurements and units for areas and volume. You can't measure a volume in square kilometers.
I won't even bother watching the whole video
Sound like the script comes courtesy of ChatGPT.
But you can measure in Sq kilometers.The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System is the world's largest fossil water aquifer system. It covers an estimated area of 2.6 million km2, including parts of Sudan, Chad, Libya, and most of Egypt
Who measures water in square meter? Did you mean cubic meters?
It is a sad situation for the Libyan people that this project has stopped.
Stopped ? It's purposely destroyed by we know who.
@@markorsrpska7230 who ? ur politicians ?
@@pralayaryan You are either slow or too young to remember. Ask the West..
@@markorsrpska7230 Stop spreading lies. The civil war was an internal affair until you know who, threated a massacre in Benghazi. The UN (not NATO) did eventually intervene. This intervention was supported by EVERYBODY, even Russia and the whole Arab world.
By US and Europe @@pralayaryan
Making a growing population absolutely dependent on a finite non rewable water source strikes me as a somewhat risky long term plan.
The vision behind the Great Man-Made River was truly ahead of its time.
water in dessert ? Gaddafi is a hero, no mater what.
WRONG!!!!!
The no-fly zone over Libya was NOT a Nato intervention but initiated and authorized by the UN security council in resolution 1973.
Why am I not surprised that someone with a Western name jumps in to rationalize the neo-colonial policies of the West. A leader who was brutally murdered by your own countrymen, no matter how eccentric, was the best for the job. What is happening now, western paradise in the country. You should shut up in shame. As Hillary put it elegantly : We come, we saw, he died...
You never bothered to mention that this water is a non-renewable resource. 😂
It can if they use rainwater harvesting
200,000 Km wide ???? lost me at 2:36 !!!
Same. Also measuring a volume of water in km^2. Stupid
Lol
It is tragic how all the efforts of people who have worked to improve the lives of everybody in the country are derailed by men who like firing guns.
The West as always very well meaning for Africans
An example of the great doings of Nato and western empire.
Another content provider who thinks we need sound effects on scene changes. We buddy i don't need your video's when you insult my ears. Goodbye
😂😂😂😂you alone fool ...
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Libya needs to judiciously use its oil and water resources so that generations can utilise this god-gift!
Let us not forget, other countries have constantly intervened in its governments attempts to govern without colonial powers attempting to exploit, it is important to understand what happens when people are not allowed to practice sovereignty which most African countries do not get to enjoy
Amazing contentt 🔥🔥🚀🚀
2:23 Can it get that the script confuses here square kilometers with cubic kilometers?
Great video, what was the music in the background?
Amazing content, leaving this comment to help boost the algorithm b.c it's a disgrace it has so few views...
thanks for this informative content💙
Thank you
great content
Ghadaffi was a great leader to his people
No, he wasn't!
@@brucemitchell5637 tell me why he is not, will a bad leader make such a project that they could make documentary on it
@TMS26164 ummmm, how about the fact that he openly supported terrorists? But hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your moronic rant little fella!
Ghadaffi is indeed a great Arab leader!!!
@@matsuki1342”is”??
Why quantify water in square kilometers?
I see line of death included in the map😂
just open your own bank they said...
It's Africa, so, corruption probably
Gadafi proyect stoped by USA army 😢😢😢
fossil water, facepalm
It's an actual used term, when large non renewable aquifers are found they are referenced as fossil water. It's a weird tern I agree but the correct one, although I feel like the Nubian aquafer isn't non renewable.
Libya thing exist. Gaddafi fanatics from indonesia: 📈📈📈📈
Nato happened
And Hillary too. Ruined the country.
The US and NATO put an end to these plans.
Like a short documentary 🎬 It's great
I can tell with certainty that Brown Root (US) was involved in 1999, and probably many years before
im angry this isn't happening because of the callousness of my representatives in the U.S. government.
looking at the rest of the comments here, i can see im not alone in that sentiment.
hrc and our 1st african american president shat all over africa, squatting with toothy grins, stink lines visible on all their interviews.
Stop spreading lies. The civil war was an internal affair until you know who, threated a massacre in Benghazi. The UN (not NATO) did eventually intervene. This intervention was supported by EVERYBODY, even Russia and the whole Arab world.
why asking?
u gave us ur Democracy right? thank you.... now enjoy our oil and LEAVE US ALONE
The entire situation and what NATO/US/FRANCE did, SMH!
Gaddafi was very close to complete the project and become a threat to israel and america, therefore he was democratised
NATO happened