Great Man-Made River

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The Great Man-Made River Project (Arabic: النهر الصناعي العظيم, romanized: an-nahr aṣ-ṣināʿiyy al-ʿaẓīm, abbreviated GMRP) is a network of pipes that supplies fresh water obtained from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, a fossil aquifer, across Libya. It is the world's largest irrigation project.

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