The aim was to prevent the river's flooding, generate electricity and provide water for agriculture.
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That is true but it also had the negative effect of stopping the annual deposit of nutrient-laden silt by flooding that had benefitted Egypt's farmers since Pharonic times.
The reservoir, named Lake Nasser has a gross capacity of 168,900,000,000 cubic meters
Aswan High Dam makes Lake Nasser, named after the late President Gamel Abdul Nasser.
Lake Nasser ~
Lake Nasser
the answer is the Aswan dam it was built to hold back the nile`s river flood waters.
The Aswan high dam is located on the Nile river
Due to the Aswan High Dam, the Nile River's waters have stopped flowing, and instead the water started to form a large lake.
* The Aswan high Dam is located on the Nile Riverright on the tip of Lake Nasser. Near the city of Aswan in Egypt.
The Aswan High Dam and the Aswan Low Dam.
Nile
The major dams are Roseires Dam, Sennar Dam, Aswan High Dam, Aswan Low Dam and Owen Falls Dam.
The Aswan High dam is so named because it is located at Aswan, Egypt, and it is designed to be able to manage the high flood stages of the Nile River.
aswan dam is constructed over the river nile in Egypt
Possibly the Aswan Dams (there are two at Aswan).
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan High Dam, on the Nile River.