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Definition of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System: |
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The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System(NSAN) underlies an area in excess of 2.5 million km2. Occupies a great potion of arid Eastern Sahara, in Northeast Africa
.It is shared
among four
counties; Chad,
Egypt, Libya and
Sudan. For the
past fifty years
the Nubian
Sandstone
Aquifer System
attracted the
interest of an
umber of UN
organizations
particularly
UNESCO and FAO.
The Nubian
Sandstone
Aquifer System
and Sudan have
made separate
attempt to
develop the
Nubian Sandstone
Aquifer System
and the
overlying arid
lands, Since,
early seventies
of the last
century, the
three countries
have expressed
their interest
in regional
cooperation
studying and
developing these
shared
resources. They
agreed to form a
Joint Authority
to study and
develop the
Nubian Sandstone
Aquifer System.
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