A presentation by Grade VIII-A

ASWAN DAM

What is a Dam??• A barrier constructed to

hold back water and raise its level, the resulting reservoir being used in the generation of electricity.

River Nile • The River Nile is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles)

in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt.

Continent: Africa

Country it flows through:

Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Burundi and Egypt

length: Approx. 6,695 kilometers

No. of tributaries: 2

Source: Burundi and Central Africa

Mouth: Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea

Fact-file of River Nile

Interesting Facts about the River Nile:

• The Nile River is the longest river in the world.• The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.• The largest source of the Nile is Lake Victoria.• The Nile has a length of about 6,695 kilometers

(4,160 miles).• The Nile basin is huge and includes parts of Tanzania,

Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (Kinshasa), Kenya.• The name Nile comes from the Greek “neilos”, which

means valley.

Aswan Dam In 1954 the Egyptian government decided to build a dam at city of Aswan and eventually in 1960 the project of Aswan dam was initiated. The dam was so large that 17% of the reservoir was located in Sudan and the rest of the 83% was in Egypt.This is the 3rd largest dam of the world.

Purposes/Reasons• To prevent yearly flooding in the summer.• To store water for irrigation in the winter.• It is a multi purpose dam. It is used to produce

Hydro Electric Power.• To balance the flow of the river.• So the people could cruise on the river.

SourcesThe River Nile has two sources.The first one starts from Zaire which is known

as the “White Nile”.The second river starts from Ethiopia which is

known as “Blue Nile”.

Financial Support 1. SOVEIT UNION GOVT. :

Egypt was quite poor and Sudan was more poorer than Egypt, that they couldn’t finance themselves.

First American (USA) decided that they would give financial support to Egypt, as it was a rich country but later they ended up not helping them. The Egyptians were now in trouble, so they decided to take help from the Soviet Union Government. Soviet Union gave financial support to Egypt for theConstruction of the dam.

2.EGYPTS’s INCOME:Every year 1/4th of Egypt's total income was being spend on the construction of the dam. 3.SUEZ CANAL: The Suez Canal was open for free trade. It passes through Egypt. Egypt was one of the poorer countries. It soon claimed that they now owned or nationalized the canal, as they realized that by this way they could earn a large amount of money. Anyone who passed through the canal had to pay fee.

Negative AspectsTwo of the problems resulting from the construction of the dam were/are :Flood water no longer reached the deltas of River

Nile. So the sea water was gradually seeping into the delta killing the vegetation.

There was no flood water to sweep away the snails which carried the larvae of the worms. Those worms cause serious intestinal and urinary disease in human.

In addition, for several years , some of the dam’s expensive HEP (hydro electro power) turbines were not used because the country did not require all the electricity generated.

Gamal Abdel NasserGamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death.The Lake Nasser was named after Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Born: January 15, 1918, AlexandriaDied: September 28, 1970, CairoPresidential term: June 23, 1956 – September 28, 1970

Lake Nasser • Lake Nasser is a vast reservoir in

the Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan and it is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Strictly “Lake Nasser” refers only to the much larger portion of the lake that is in the Egyptian territory (83% of the total) the lake is almost 550 km long and 35 km across at its widest point , which is near the tropic of cancer .

The lake was created as a result of the Aswan dam across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1971. the lake is named after Gamal Abdel Nasser , one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution of 1952.

Presentation Made by:Momina Rehan

Huda Khalid Aiman Imran

Kashmala

Khan

Amna Javed

Zubia Nasir

Maryam Amir

Maryam Faridi

Maria Imam

Hafsa Jahan

Sidra Zahoor

Yusra Zakir Zainab Farooqi

Class VIII - A

CAMPUS IVKARACHI, PAKISTAN.

USMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

Jazakallah

Khair ! For your

Precious Time.