Lake Nasser - the largest man-made reservoir in the world

View downstream Nile river. In the background the old Aswan dam

Here was once the location of the first cataract

Kalabsha temple was built by Emperor Augustus and was the largest free-standing temple of Egyptian Nubia

Assuan High Dam

10 oktober 2018, Egypte ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

The Aswan Dam was designed by the Moscow-based Hydroproject Institute.The Aswan High Dam is 3,830 metres (12,570 ft) long, 980 m (3,220 ft) wide at the base, 40 m (130 ft) wide at the crest and 111 m (364 ft) tall. It contains 43,000,000 cubic metres (56,000,000 cu yd) of material. At maximum, 11,000 cubic metres per second (390,000 cu ft/s) of water can pass through the dam.
The reservoir, named Lake Nasser, is 550 km (340 mi) long and 35 km (22 mi) at its widest, with a surface area of 5,250 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi). It holds 132 cubic kilometres (1.73×1011 cu yd) of water.Meer informatie

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