Spanning across two north African countries - southern Egypt and northern Sudan - is the vast reservoir of Lake Nasser. Created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam between 1960 and 1970 ...

The reservoir behind the dam will fill naturally ... Egypt can compensate for a loss of water by releasing more from the High Aswan Dam, but the concern comes once the Gerd is fully operational.

Nile water is also used to fill Lake Nasser, the reservoir for Egypt's own hydro-electric power plant, the Aswan High Dam. Sudan, with a population of 48 million people, is also heavily reliant on ...

The original Aswan Dam was built and completed by the British in 1902 about four miles downstream from where the Aswan High Dam is located today.

The dam is already built, the reservoir being filled ... and that water reserves at the Aswan Dam could prevent catastrophes brought on by sudden droughts. LEFT: A farmer shows the piping ...

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Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in Egypt, is the world's largest embankment dam. A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human-made lake called a reservoir. Dams can be used to produce ...

An underwater archaeological mission in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, recovered a handful of long-lost artifacts. When ...

Aswan Dam, across the river Nile in Egypt, is the world's largest embankment dam. A dam is a barrier that blocks water to create a human-made lake called a reservoir. Dams can be used to produce ...