The Nubia lake (engl. Lake Nubia, Arabic:بحيرة النوبة, Buḥairat an-Nūba) denotes the im Sudan lying southern part of the Lake Nasserwhich was dammed by the high dam of Aswan.
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places
- Wādī Ḥalfā - Newly built city in 1970 on the east bank of Lake Nubia.
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background
The lake takes its name from the region Nubia receive. It has a length of 228 kilometers from the Egyptian-Sudanese border. Its northern continuation, the Lake Nasser, is located in Egypt and is crossed by the high dam of Aswan accumulated.
The former villages and archaeological sites along the Nile are now flooded. A part could be saved and is now in the archaeological museum of Khartoum. The former second cataract of the Nile is also flooded.
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getting there
By boat
A ferry operates once a week between Aswan in Egypt and Wādī dalfā. A maximum of four cars can be carried on a pontoon.
In the street
From abroad
The border crossing 1 Qusṭul ashes, officially Gustul Land Port, Arabic:ميناء قسطل البري, Mīnāʾ Qusṭul al-Barrī, is currently the only road border crossing between Egypt and Sudan. A visa for Sudan can be obtained, for example, in Aswan receive. Registration in Sudan must either be with the police in Wādī Ḥalfā or at the Aliens Registration Office of the Ministry of the Interior in al-Charṭūm be made within three days.
When entering the country with a vehicle, you must have a customs document valid for Sudan, the Carnet de passage, which is used as a guarantee for the customs clearance that has not yet been completed.
