RIVER BASIN · NILE

Nile

Africa · shared by 13 countries

2,961,325km² of basin
13riparian countries
31treaties on record
187Mpeople in basin

The basin

Nile basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

AbyeiBurundiDemocratic Republic of the CongoEgyptEritreaEthiopiaHala'ib triangleKenyaRwandaUnited Republic of TanzaniaSudanSouth SudanUganda

31 treaties in the record

1891Protocols between Great Britain and Italy for the Demarcation of their Spheres of Influence in Eastern Africa
Territorial and Border Issues
1894Agreement between Great Britain and the Independent State of the Congo relating to the spheres of influence of Great Britain and the Independent State of the Co
Border and Territorial Issues
1902Exchange of notes between Great Britain and Ethiopia
1902Treaties between Great Britain and Ethiopia, relative to the frontiers between Anglo-Egyptian Soudan, Ethiopia, and Erythroea (Railway to connect Soudan with Ug
Socioeconomic Development, Territorial and Border Issues
1906Agreement between Great Britain and the Independent State of the Congo, modifying the agreement signed at Brussels 12 May 1894, relating to the spheres of influ
Territorial and Border Issues
1906Agreement between Great Britain, France, and Italy, respecting Abyssinia, signed at London, 13th December, 1906
Infrastructure, Territorial and Border Issues
1925Exchange of notes between the United Kingdom and Italy respecting concessions for a barrage at Lake Tsana and a railway across Abyssinia from Eritrea to Italian
Infrastructure
1929Echange de Notes concernant I'utilisation des eaux du fleuve Nil pour l'irrigation du pays; sign6es au Caire, le 7 mai 1929 ◆ GW
Water Quality
1929Exchange of notes between His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government in regard to the use of the waters of the River Nile for ir
Water Quantity, Infrastructure
1932Jebel Awilya Compensation Agreement. 1932
1934Agreement between the United Kingdom and Belgium regarding water rights on the boundary between Tanganyika and Ruanda-Urundi
Water Quantity, Flood Management
1946Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Egypt regarding the utilisation of profits from ◆ GW
Infrastructure, Funding and Financing
1949Exchanges of notes constituting an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of Egypt rega
Hydropower
1949Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of Egypt regar
Hydropower
1950Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of the government of Ug
Water Quantity, Funding and Financing
1953Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the government of Egypt regar
Infrastructure
1959Agreement between the government of the United Arab Republic and the government of Sudan for full utilization of the Nile waters
Water Quantity, Infrastructure
1960Protocol (to the November 8, 1959 agreement) Concerning the Establishment of the Permanent Joint Technical Committee. Cairo, 17 January, 1960
Water Quantity
1967Agreement for the Hydrometeorological Survey of Lakes Victoria, Kyogo and Albert (Mobutu Sese Seko)
1977Agreement for the establishment of the organization for the management and development of the Kagera river basin (with attached map), Concluded at Rusumo, Rwand
Agriculture, Hydropower, Fisheries, Domestic/Municipal Water
1978Amendment to the Agreement for the Establishment of an Organization to Manage and Develop The Kagera River Basin. 19 May, 1978
1981Accession of Uganda to the agreement for the organization and development of the Kagera River basin, signed on May 19, 1981 in Bujumbura
Territorial and Border Issues
1991Exchange of letters constituting an agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Uganda on the Owen Falls extension project
Infrastructure, Water Quantity
1993Framework for general co-operation between the Arab Republic of Egypt and Ethiopia
Infrastructure
1994Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization
Fisheries, Infrastructure
1994Agreement on the Preposition of a Tripartite Environmental Management Programme for Lake Victoria.
Water Quality, Fisheries, Infrastructure, Environment
1999Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community signed at Arusha
Navigation, Agriculture, Envrionmental, Infrastructure, Socioeconomic Development
2003Protocol for Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria Basin. Arusha, 29 November, 2003 ◆ GW
Water Quality, Navigation, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment, Socioeconomic Development
2007Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community
Water Quality, Socioeconomic Development
2010Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework ◆ GW
Water Quality, Environment,
2015Agreement on Declaration of Principles between the Arab Republic of Eqypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the Republic of Sudan on the Grand E
Water Quantity, Hydropower, Infrastructure

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →