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Introduction
The Aswan Dam was constructed from the 1960’s and
ended in the 1970’s. ... The dam is a multipurpose
scheme, mainly built to prevent serious flooding in the
Nile valley, supply water all year round by irrigating land
to grow crops and feed animals, and provide electricity.
The dam is 3 km long. ... Aswan, Egypt
Benefits
The Aswan Dam was built to provide the people of Egypt with many benefits. One of the main advantages of the dam was to stop and control the annual floods, which ruined and destroyed lives of innocent people, villages, homes and crops due to the high levels of water. The dam also contains sluice gates. These are medium sized doors in the dam that can be opened whenever programmed to. ...
After the dam was built, the water flowing down from Uganda and the Ethiopian highlands was blocked off creating Lake Nasser. This lake also gave many benefits such as providing more water to the people living upstream from the dam. ...
The Aswan Dam Lake Nasser
The dam is also a source for electricity. Water in the dam allows hydro-electric power to be produced. ... The Aswan Dam is a tourist attraction, which brings more money for the country.
Costs
Although the dam provides many benefits for people, it also has its share of problems.
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