and quarries producing granite and marble. The old AswānDam(completed in 1902) rises about 3 miles (5 km) south of the city; theAswan High Dam(completed in 1970) is about 7 miles (11 km) south of the city. The Higher Industrial Institute is located in Aswān. A school for fisheries...
The Aswan Dam benefits Egypt by controlling the annual floods on the Nile River and prevents the damage which used to occur along the floodplain. The Aswan High Dam provides about half of Egypt's power supply and has improved navigation along the river by keeping the water flow consistent. Th...
Aswan High Dam, rock-fill dam across the Nile River at Aswan, Egypt, completed in 1970 at a cost of about $1 billion. The dam impounds the annual floodwaters of the Nile, releasing them when needed to maximize their utility on irrigated land. It also gen
Before the Aswan High Dam construction, all the Nile Valley and Nile Delta lands were watered by the inundation of the basin system. Thus, the water’s silt gave an annual increase in sediment in all lands of the Nile Valley and Nile Delta, causing an increase in the thickness of ...