The last 12 generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971 | High Dam of the greatest engineering projects in the twentieth century He said he had surpassed the architectural projects and was chosen by the international body as the largest engineering project of the 20th century |
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The dam has greatly helped control the flow of water and mitigate the effects of the Nile flood | The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the base width is 980 meters, the summit width is 40 meters, the height is 111 meters |
Used to generate electricity in Egypt.
The size of the dam is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials, and can pass through the dam water flow up to 11,000 cubic meters of water per second | |
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The dam was built by 400 Soviet experts and completed in 1968 | Positive effects One of the positive effects of the dam is that it works to protect Egypt from floods and droughts as Lake Nasser reduces the flow of flood waters and stores them for use in drought years |
He also worked on electricity generation that benefited Egypt economically.
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