Lake Nasser
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Lake Nasser is a large reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Before its creati
View from Abu Simbel
Aswan High Dam
Panoramic view of Lake Nasser at dawn
View of Abu Simbel from Lake Nasser
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The dam is in the Metekel Zo
Lake Nasser
…providing a significant percentage of Egypt's electricity needs (up to half when it was completed in 1970). With the beginning of construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, Egypt faced the threat of water shortage as the new upstream dam would reduce the amount of water flowing downstream to Lake Nasser…
The main dam after full filling in August 2024
Rendering of the main dam
Electric power lines at the dam
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed with head engineers at the dam site