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Egypt's Legal Nile Riverbank Buffer — Law 147/2021

80 metres on each side — yet military licenses operate within that buffer

"The Nile buffer extends 80 metres from each bank's alignment line — from the Aswan reservoir to the Delta"

Legal Nile riverbank buffer on each side

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metres from each bank's alignment line

Buffer for Nile islands

80 m

from alignment line

Manil Shiha walkway 2026

8 km

project length

Law 147/2021 designates an 80-metre buffer on each riverbank — yet the Military Land Agency holds investment licences inside this buffer, from Shubra to Helwan

Buffer applies from the Aswan Dam reservoir to the Nile Delta

Source: Law No. 147 of 2021 on Water Resources and Irrigation