Aswan Dam
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| Address | Manteqet as Sad Al Aali, Qism Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt |
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| Construction started | January 9, 1960 |
| Length | 3,830 m (12,570 ft) |
| Normal elevation | 183600 |
| Contractor | El-Mokawloon El-Arab |
| Architects | Walter Jurecka |
| Did you know | The Aswan High Dam has produced several negative side effects, however, chief of which is a gradual decrease in the fertility and hence the productivity of Egypt's riverside agricultural lands. |
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| ID | 1271170 |
About Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam 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.
Where is the Aswan Dam
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