Aswan High Dam

noun

1. a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)

Example Sentences

Nile water is also used to fill Lake Nasser, the reservoir for Egypt's own hydro-electric power plant, the Aswan High Dam.

From BBC

Nasser’s planned construction of the Aswan High Dam would create a reservoir — Lake Nasser — that would leave these antiquities, including four colossal figures of Pharaoh Ramses II, drowned in the waters of the Nile.

From Washington Post

The river’s annual floods were stilled by the construction in 1970 of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, upstream and to the south of Luxor, allowing more frequent planting.

From New York Times

Even after the construction of the Aswan High Dam in over 50 years ago ended seasonal flooding, fresh water still reached the fields through canals.

From Seattle Times

Despite the numerous benefits it brought, the Aswan High Dam also had negative side-effects.

From Washington Times