The Nile River navigation study aims to integrate river navigation scenarios into the strategic water resources analysis (NileDSS) for cooperative management and development in the Nile basin. Specifically, the study purpose is to develop the data, modelling approaches, and scenarios required to integrate the navigation sector in the Nile DSS, in order to be able to assess model-based impacts of future basin 1, NBI https://www.nilebasin.org/index.php/media-center/maps 2. development on current and future scenarios of navigation use of the Nile water system and vice versa, land as such enable the assessment and balancing of competing stakeholder requirements in a holistic manner. Both, river sections as well as lake sections are taken into consideration