Is Ethiopia taking control of the River Nile?
(CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north.
Story highlightsEthiopia is building Africa's largest dam -- the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamSituated on the Blue Nile, the dam could threaten Egypt's water supplyAlready facing water shortages, Egypt is desperate to maintain its dominance of the River Nile (CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and testament to the country's reliance on this fabled waterway. The Nile River Basin extends to 11 African countries, but Egypt -- one of the oldest civilizations in the world -- has control
Story highlightsEthiopia is building Africa's largest dam -- the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamSituated on the Blue Nile, the dam could threaten Egypt's water supplyAlready facing water shortages, Egypt is desperate to maintain its dominance of the River Nile
