Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research
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Oliver C Saavedra

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• Review Article
  Towards a Sustainable Stability of Coastal Zone at Rosetta Promontory/ Mouth, Egypt
  Author(s): Abdelazim Negm, Ali Masria, Moheb Iskander and Oliver C Saavedra Abdelazim Negm, Ali Masria, Moheb Iskander and Oliver C Saavedra
  
  Rosetta promontory/mouth where Rosetta branch of the Nile River meets the Mediterranean sea suffers from several severe environmental problems which began to take place since the beginning of the 20th century along Rosetta area, and increased dramatically since the construction of the Aswan High Dam (AHD) in 1964. It suffers from coastline erosion and sedimentation inside the inlet. The shoaling of the inlet leads to hindering the navigation process of fishing boats, negative impacts to estuarine and salt marsh habitat and decreases the efficiency of the cross section to transferring the flood flow to the sea. Many attempts to solve the erosion, and sedimentation problem were performed. Although, hard protection (and dredging) works have been implemented since 1989 including seawalls on the tip of the promontory and several groins along the eastern and western shores of the promontory.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-2632.1000132

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