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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Lake Nasser

               Lake Nasser ( بحيرة ناصر) ( Lake Nubia (بحيرة نوبية)), is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt, and northern Sudan, and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. The lake is some 550 km long and 35 km across at its widest point, which is near the Tropic of Cancer. It covers a total surface area of 5,250 km² and has a storage capacity of some 157 km³ of water. The lake was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. 
               Several important archaeological sites with Nubians were dismantled block by block and moved to higher locations. These include the temple of Abu Simbel. The Sudanese river port and railway terminal of Wadi Halfa was covered by the waters and created a new city to replace it.

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