Jabal Awliya

Jabal Awliya

(jäb`äl ou'lē-ä`) or

Jebel Aulia

(jĕb`əl` ou`lēə), village, E central Sudan, S of Khartoum. Nearby is a large dam (completed 1937) that is used to control the flow of the Nile to aid the Aswan Dam (see AswanAswan
or Assuan
, city (1986 pop. 190,579), capital of Aswan governorate, S Egypt, on the Nile River at the First Cataract. It is one of the driest cities in the world.
..... Click the link for more information. ) in storing water for summer cultivation in parts of Egypt.