Lake Nasser

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Lake Nasser is a vast artificial reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and known for its role in water storage, hydroelectric power, and flood control along the Nile.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Nubia 1
Lake Nubia in Sudan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial lake
body of water
reservoir
area approximately 5,250 square kilometers
averageDepth approximately 25 meters
basinCountry Egypt
Sudan
borderCrosses Egypt–Sudan border
completionDate 1970
country Egypt
Sudan
createdBy flooding of Nile Valley
fishSpecies Nile perch
catfish
tilapia
formedBy Aswan High Dam
hasDam Aswan High Dam
hasShorelineCountry Egypt
Sudan
inception 1960s
knownAs Lake Nasser
surface form: Lake Nubia in Sudan
length approximately 500 kilometers
locatedIn northern Sudan
Upper Egypt
surface form: southern Egypt
locatedInContinent Africa
locatedInDesert Sahara Desert
locatedInGovernorate Aswan Governorate
locatedOnRiver Nile
manages seasonal Nile floods
maximumDepth approximately 180 meters
namedAfter Gamal Abdel Nasser
near Abu Simbel temples
Aswan
partlyLocatedIn Nubia
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation support
water storage
regulatesFlowOf Nile
surface form: Nile River
sectionNameInSudan Lake Nasser self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lake Nubia
startOfConstruction 1960
submerged Nubian villages
archaeological sites
supportsActivity fishing
tourism
typeOfDamReservoir impoundment reservoir
waterSource Nile
surface form: Nile River
waterVolume approximately 132 cubic kilometers

Referenced by (20)

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Aswan Governorate containsLake Lake Nasser
Aswan High Dam createsReservoir Lake Nasser
Nile hasMajorReservoir Lake Nasser
Lake Nasser knownAs Lake Nasser
this entity surface form: Lake Nubia in Sudan
Aswan Governorate knownFor Lake Nasser
Abu Simbel temples locatedNear Lake Nasser
Aswan locatedNear Lake Nasser
New Amada site locatedNear Lake Nasser
Qasr Ibrim locatedNear Lake Nasser
Temple of Amada locatedNear Lake Nasser
Temple of Beit el-Wali locatedNear Lake Nasser
Nubia partlySubmergedBy Lake Nasser
Aswan High Dam reservoirName Lake Nasser
Lake Nasser sectionNameInSudan Lake Nasser self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lake Nubia
Ballana submergedBy Lake Nasser
Qustul submergedBy Lake Nasser
Lower Nubia wasInundatedBy Lake Nasser
Temple of Ellesyia wasThreatenedBy Lake Nasser