Chapter 1266 Foix River Reservoir
The four of them were touring the Rhine City. Through the car window, they had an unobstructed view of the urban scenery.
“East Africa is currently in a stage of rapid economic development, with stable order but full of vitality. There are two industrial zones, one on the south side of the Foua River Reservoir and one in the northwest of the city.”
"When you first arrived in Rhine City, you passed through the Northwest Industrial Zone, which relied on the convenience and development of railway and highway transportation. Many heavy industries are located in the northwest industrial zone, which facilitates the transportation of raw materials and commodities."
"The Foix River Industrial Zone is built on the Foix River Reservoir, which covers an area of nearly 80 square kilometers. , with a water storage capacity of approximately 1.7 billion cubic meters, which can guarantee the water needs of the entire Rhine City,”
"The Rhine Palace was built not far from this large artificial lake, but upstream of the reservoir. The Foix River Reservoir was built on the Rensem Foix River."
"The empire became rich through construction. Wa River Dam blocks Rensemfowa River , taking advantage of the low-lying terrain here, after seven years of artificial transformation, the Foix River Reservoir was finally formed.”
Of course, Prince Maxim did not introduce the main force of the Foix River Reservoir during its construction. All are black workers. Today, the Fua River Reservoir stands on the Katanga Plateau, but the black slaves who built the reservoir are no longer seen here.
Alexey said in surprise: "Fovo River Reservoir turned out to be the name of this big lake. Before, we thought it was a natural lake!"
Maxim said : "There are many natural large lakes in East Africa, especially the three largest lakes, which are all naturally formed giant lakes in the world, not far behind the five Great Lakes in the United States. What is even more valuable is that these three large lakes are all freshwater lakes."
The three largest lakes in East Africa are the Great Lake (Lake Victoria), Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika), and Lake Malawi (or Lake Nyasa).
With the opening up of East Africa, the popularity of the three Great Lakes in the world has also increased day by day, and the world map has also been greatly adjusted accordingly.
The main reason for this situation is that the expansion of East Africa on the East African Plateau in the last century interrupted the original exploration of the hinterland of Africa by European adventurers.
It was not until East Africa officially opened up that the data on the three Great Lakes was officially leaked to the outside world by the East African government.
This is actually not surprising. In the middle of the last century, Europeans' exploration of Africa progressed very slowly. Before East Africa, only a single digit number of adventurers went deep into it.
Maxim continued: "On these three large lakes, the Foix River Reservoir is like an ant in front of an elephant, and our development of the Foix River Reservoir also cleverly made use of the local topographic characteristics."
"Conducted here in East Africa Before the transformation, both sides of the Rensemfua River were a natural valley terrain, and an area suitable for reservoir construction was formed in the middle. Its upstream and downstream river channels are actually relatively narrow."
"We. Only one 300-meter building was built He was cut off by a 3-meter-long concrete dam. This dam also undertakes the function of generating electricity. Especially in the rainy season, the power generation capacity is huge, which can ensure the city's stable power output throughout the year. In the rainy season, it can also support other surrounding areas through the power grid. Industrial cities such as The electricity demand of New Frankfurt, Kabwe, or the cities in the northern copper mining belt”
The rainy season in Rhine City is relatively long, as long as half a year, and the water volume will not decrease during the dry season. Mainly related to the direction of the Rensemfowa River.
The Rensemfowa River mainly runs north-south, flowing from the northern rainforest climate area to the steppe climate area, and the Rhine City is right in between.
Therefore, even in the dry season in the Rhine City, the rain in the upstream areas can ensure that the Rensem Fowa River has sufficient water. Especially after the construction of the Fowa River Reservoir and other water conservancy regulation projects, the water and electricity in the Rhine City are guaranteed. stability.
And the reason why East Africa chose this place as the capital of East Africa was that the terrain on both sides of the river was relatively high, so even in the rainy season, the river water would not pose a threat to both sides of the river. Maxim joked: "The Foix River Reservoir should be regarded as Rhine City's own 'sea'. The current area of Foix River Reservoir is slightly larger than the built-up area of Rhine City."
“On weekends, many citizens choose to go to the reservoir area to play or fish. The Foix River can also be seen from the heights of the Rhine Palace The reservoir and the royal garden were also built based on the Foy River Reservoir. "
"There are also a large number of undeveloped forests to the east and south of the Foy River Reservoir, except for the lower reaches of the Rensem Foy River. In addition, there are railways to Tete, Hinde and Quelimane, which are regarded as one of the sea passages of Rhine City. ”
Since the East African railway network was basically formed, the dependence of the East African interior on the port of Dar es Salaam has been greatly reduced. Take Rhine City as an example. The fastest access to the sea is Dar es Salaam, Quelimane, Hindé, Luanda, Benguela, Lobito, Cabinda and many more.
These rising stars in East African port cities all have direct trains to Rhine City, which greatly reduces Rhine City's dependence on Dar es Salaam.
This is also one of the reasons why the development of Dar es Salaam has been relatively weak in recent years, but East Africa is happy to see this happen.
This just proves the achievements of transportation construction in East Africa. After all, the more routes there are, the number of hub cities will increase, and the status and importance of the original transportation hub will also decrease.
However, the conditions of Dar es Salaam are there. Even the "decline" is only in relative terms. It is not that Dar es Salaam develops slowly, but that other port cities develop too much. quick.
In this regard, the conditions in Mombasa are much better. So far, Mombasa is still the only access to the sea for the Northern Railway. However, the construction progress of the Gabon section of the Northern Railway is relatively slow. It is estimated that it will take two or three years to be officially completed. , making the Northern Railway officially become the main railway line of East African countries connecting the two oceans.
Coupled with Mombasa’s financial attributes, which have grown rapidly in recent years, the gap between Mombasa and Dar es Salaam has become smaller and smaller. Perhaps one day in the future, it will be able to replace Dar es Salaam. The city of Salaam became the largest city in East Africa.
Of course, surpassing Dar es Salaam does not mean to sit back and relax. In addition to being overtaken by Dar es Salaam again, we will also have to face newcomers such as Luanda, Cabinda, and Beira. Port city competition.
Compared with these port cities, the development of inland cities in East Africa requires more coordination from the East African government. As the capital, the development of Rhine City also represents the development of the inland economy of East Africa to a certain extent. development.
In the past few years, the development speed of Rhine City is among the best among domestic cities in East Africa, especially in the non-economic field. A large amount of resource investment has allowed it to quickly become an administrative, financial, academic, education, medical, transportation, etc. National central city.
Maxim said: "In a while, I will take you to the Foy River Dam to have a look. From there you will know how we cut off the Foy River in Rensem, and now it is During the rainy season, the Rensemfowa River has abundant water. The water level of the river reservoir is also high."
"Standing on the Foix River Dam, you can see quite spectacular scenery. Before that, we will pass through the southwest industrial area of Rhine City and several more. At the intersection, turn left and enter the southwest Industrial Avenue, along the Southwest Industrial Avenue, you can see the Foy River Dam in less than ten minutes.”
“Although the Foy River Reservoir can only be considered an upper-middle-sized scale among East African water conservancy projects. , but it’s not too small. There are only a few countries in the world that have the ability to independently build hydropower stations of this scale.”
Hearing what Maxim said, Alexei and others reacted to this. A large-scale water conservancy project built artificially in East Africa is even more interesting.
Although the Foy River Reservoir, according to Maxim, can only be considered an upper-medium scale water conservancy project in East Africa, this is only for East Africa.
In fact, after setting foot in East Africa, passing the Central Railway, going deep into the hinterland of East Africa, and getting a glimpse of the infrastructure construction from the coast to the interior of East Africa, they already knew clearly that East Africa's achievements in the field of infrastructure are unparalleled in the world. They are all top-notch.
(End of this chapter)