Aswan Dam
Important Disadvantage #2
90000 Egyptians Had to Move
When was it built?
Construction began in 1952 and was completed in 1970.
Important Advantage #1
Controls Flooding
Important Disadvantage #1
Cost One Billion Dollars to Build
Important Advantage #2
Creates Hydroelectric Power
Important Disadvantage #5
Erosion along the mediterranean coast.
Important Disadvantage #3
Farmers have been forced to buy and use about one million tons of artificial fertilizer as a substitute for natural nutrients.
Who built the Aswan Dam?
Gamal Abdal-Nasser
Important Disadvantage #4
Increase in bilharzia (causes intestinal infections transmitted by microscopic worms)
Important Advantage #3
More Agricultural Opportunities
Where is it located?
On the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt.
Important Advantage #4
Planned Use of The Nile Water
What is it?
The Aswan Dam is an embankment dam that created the world's third largest reservoir, Lake Nasser. Cost 1 billion to build.
Why was it built?
To gain flood control, hydroelectric power, and irrigation. Nasser pledged to control his country's annual flood with a giant new dam.
Important Advantage #5
Water for Irrigation Year Round
