Dam
Aswan High Dam
Gave Egypt multi-year storage on the Nile, ending the annual flood and the silt deposition that had sustained Egyptian agriculture for millennia.
Key facts
- Height
- 111 m
- Completed
- 1970
- Reservoir
- Lake Nasser
- Consequences
- Flood control and year-round irrigation, at the cost of downstream silt, delta erosion and increased fertiliser dependence
Relationships
- Located in: Egypt
Related intelligence
Sources
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0