Aswan Dam
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title:
Aswan Dam
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The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1980s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. When it was completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, eclipsing the United States' Chatuge Dam. The dam created a reservoir named Lake Nasser. Its significance largely upstaged the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam, then at its m
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wiki
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Dam in Aswan, Egypt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam
date created:
2003-03-03T13:48:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:16:46Z
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