The Great Man-Made River (GMMR, Arabic: النهر الصناعي العظيم, romanized: an-nahr aṣ-ṣināʿiyy al-ʿaẓīm, Italian: Grande fiume artificiale) is a network of pipes that supplies fresh water obtained from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer across Libya. It is the world's largest irrigation project. [1]

2024年8月28日 · With an estimated budget of $25 billion, it channels high-quality freshwater from ancient aquifers beneath the Sahara Desert to Libya's coastal regions, where the majority of its citizens live....

Great Man-Made River (GMR), vast network of underground pipelines and aqueducts bringing high-quality fresh water from ancient underground aquifers deep in the Sahara to the coast of Libya for domestic use, agriculture, and industry. The GMR has been described as the largest irrigation project in the world. (Indeed, the Libyan government ...

2024年8月30日 · The Great Man-Made River (GMMR) is a monumental infrastructure project spanning the length of Libya. With an estimated budget of $25 billion, it channels high-quality freshwater from ancient aquifers beneath theSahara Desertto Libya’s coastal regions, where the majority of its citizens live.

2023年9月14日 · According to the Libyan Red Crescent, more than 11,300 are now confirmed to have died after Storm Daniel hit the eastern Libyan city on Sunday and Monday, leading to the failure of two dams, which...

2024年12月10日 · Libya, ranked among the world’s most water-deficient nations, is preparing to complete the final phase of the Great Man-Made River Project (GMMRP)—an ambitious $7 billion initiative aimed at alleviating the country’s chronic water shortages. Once fully realized, this colossal network of underground pipelines and reservoirs will extend ...

The transport of pipe segments for the Great Man-Made River (GMMR) in the Sahara desert, Libya, during the 1980s. A network of pipes that supplies water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, a fossil aquifer in the Sahara desert of Libya, the GMMR is the world's largest irrigation project.

2024年12月5日 · Libya’s Great Man-Made River Project remains a vital lifeline for millions despite facing numerous challenges in recent years. The project’s origins can be traced back to 1953, during Libya’s oil...

2022年8月10日 · Due to overexploitation of coastal aquifers, resulting in seawater intrusion since the 1930s, there was a pressing need to find an alternative water source that could meet Libya’s growing demand. Following the completion of an initial feasibility study, the Great Man-Made River Authority (GMMRA) was created in 1983.

The Great Man-Made River in Libya is one of the most ambitious Civil Engineering Project in history of mankind. In the year 1953, the Libya Government found out not only vast oil reserves but also vast quantity of fresh water locked under the strata, most of the water was trapped around 7000-30000 years ago which is divided in 4 different basins.