The High Dam, Aswan (Egypt)
Manteqet as Sad Al Aali Qism Aswan Aswan Governorate 1230952 Egypt
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The High Dam
The Aswan Dam or more specifically since the 1980s the Aswan High Dam is one of the worlds largest embankment dams which was built across the Nile in Aswan Egypt between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam then at its maximum utilization construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 with its ability to better control flooding provide increased water storage for irrigation and generate hydroelectricity the dam was seen as pivotal to Egypts planned industrialization.
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