Aswan Dams and Lake Nasser

We then went to see Aswan's two dams: the old Aswan Dam, and the new High Dam, which was completed in 1970. Unitl the contruction of the Three Gorges Dam in China, this dam was the largest in the world. The High Dam led to the creation of the largest man-made lake in the world, Lake Nasser. Lake Nasser is 500 km long and 180 m deep. The dam generates electricity and helps regulate the water level of the Nile, preventing the annual flooding which occured prior to the contruction of the dam.