Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFCĪssessment of the long-term hydrologic impacts of Lake Nasser and related irrigation projects in southwestern Egypt.ĭOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV) Also visible are the Red Sea (in the upper right) and the Nile River (running north from Lake Nasser). Located on and near the border of Egypt and Norther Sudan, these lakes are an oasis of water in between the Nubian (lower right) and Libyan Deserts (upper left). Lake Nasser (center) and the Toshka Lakes (center left) glow emerald green and black in this MODIS true-color image acquired March 8, 2002. Lake Nasser was created by the contruction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile. Photographed from an altitude of 130 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 14 hours and 56 minutes. Lake Nasser on the Nile River in southeastern United Arab Republic (Egypt) as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 10th revolution of the earth. Lake Nasser on Nile River in Egypt as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft Other benefits include year round river navagation, hydroelectric power, more fish harvests, reduced flooding and more industrial employment. The lake has a storage capacity sufficient to irrigate farms in Egypt and Sudan year round allowing up to three harvests per year. Lake Nasser, (24.0N, 33.0E) at the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, in Egypt is the world's second largest artificial lake, extending 500 km, in length and about 5000 sq. Nile River, Lake Nasser, Aswan High Dam, Egypt, Africa The lake extends over 500 miles in length, covers an area of some 2,000 square miles and is as much as 350 feet deep at the face of the dam. The Aswan High Dam, 2.5 miles across and 364 feet high, (24.0N, 33.0E) completed in 1971, was constructed to supply cheap hydroelectric power to both Egypt and Sudan by impounding, controling and regulating the flood waters of the Nile River in Lake Nasser, the world's second largest artifical lake. Nile River, Lake Nasser, Aswan High Dam, Egypt
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