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The Aswan Dam

The Aswan Dam. Monica Crawford & Meghan Moloney. Location. The Aswan Dam is located across the Nile River in Egypt. It forms the reservoir Lake Nasser. . DATE. started: 1960 completed: July 21, 1970 The Aswan Dam has been operating since 1970 and is still functioning today.

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The Aswan Dam

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  1. The Aswan Dam Monica Crawford & Meghan Moloney

  2. Location • The Aswan Dam is located across the Nile River in Egypt. • It forms the reservoir Lake Nasser.

  3. DATE started: 1960 completed: July 21, 1970 • The Aswan Dam has been operating since 1970 and is still functioning today. • It continues to affect the people and farmland downstream.

  4. Effects of the Aswan Dam • The dam affects the Nile River, which is one of the largest rivers in Egypt. • Every year, the Nile River would overflow its banks. This overflowing caused a large amount of silt to be brought into the dry areas surrounding the river. This silt acted as a natural fertilizer for the land. • The river did not always collect enough water in order for the banks to overflow, and the surrounding area would remain too dry to produce crops. • The dam was built to collect the rainwater and then release the water during the dry season.

  5. Aswan Dam: Pros • A stable source of water for Egypt has been secured due to the Aswan Dam. • The Aswan Dam has allowed for the production of many irrigation systems in Egypt, which has allowed for farmers to produce more crops and boost the economy in Egypt. • The Aswan Dam is also used to produce electrical energy for much of Egypt. The Aswan Dam

  6. Aswan Dam: Cons • Thousands of poor Egyptians were forced to move their homes and families so that the massive dam could be built. • The construction of the dam stopped the annual flooding that used to deposit silt to the areas surrounding the Nile River. • The Aswan Dam has caused all of the silt that acted as a natural fertilizer to stay trapped at the bottom of Lake Nasser. • This has required the importation of many chemical fertilizers to the area so that the crops may prosper. • These chemical fertilizers are much more harmful to the environment than the silt that used to be deposited from the annual flood.

  7. The use of fertilizers in egypt Consumption of Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potash Fertilizers in Egypt

  8. Future Impact of the Aswan Dam • Because the Aswan Dam has stopped silt from being deposited downstream the Nile River Delta has started to experience great amounts of erosion. • This has caused the soil of the Nile River Delta to become compact and could eventually lead to the sinking of the Nile River Delta. The NIle River Delta

  9. SOURCES The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Aswan High Dam (dam, Egypt)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40203/Aswan-High-Dam Egypt, Africa. Digital image. World Atlas. Graphic Maps. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/eg.htm "Wonders of the World: Aswan High Dam." PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/aswan_high.html "Human Impacts on the Nile River: The Aswan High Dam Benefits." University of Michigan. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. http://sitemaker.umich.edu/sec004_gp5/the_aswan_high_dam_benefits "Fertilizer Use by Crop in Egypt." Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Natural Resources Mangement and Environment Department. Web. 02 Mar. 2014. http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/y5863e/y5863e0a.htm Bohannon, John. "The Nile Delta's Sinking Future." Science Magazine. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 19 Mar. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2014. https://www.sciencemag.org/content/327/5972/1444

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