Aswan Dam

Aswan is a city on the first cataract of the Nile in Egypt.

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Two dams straddle the river at this point: the newer Aswan High Dam, and the older Aswan Dam or Aswan Low Dam.

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Normally, the River Nile floods in the summer every year as waters from East Africa flow down the river. These floods brought nutrients and minerals that made the soil around the Nile fertile and ideal for farming. As the population along the river grew, there came a need to control the flood waters to protect farmland and cotton fields. In a high-water year, the whole crop may be entirely wiped out, while in a low-water year there was widespread drought and famine.

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Cataract: A cataract is a large waterfall or place where the flow of a river changes dramatically. The term comes from the Greek word kataraktes, whose meaning "to dash down" or "downrush" describes rapidly running water, and the Latin cataracta, whose meaning describes "a waterfall", "a floodgate", or "a por...

Nile: :For alternative meanings of "Nile", see Nile (disambiguation)...

Aswan Dam related Images and Photos (experimental)

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