Aswan High 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 |
Hours | Open now |
Length | 3,830 m (12,570 ft) |
Maximum water depth | 180 m (590 ft) |
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ID | 2428155 |
About Aswan High 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.
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