Aswan High Dam

British

noun

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)

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Tomato production and distribution in different reaches of the Nile Valley had been affected even before the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

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 • Sep. 11, 2023

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 • Nov. 12, 2022

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 • Nov. 1, 2022

The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1981 altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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