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| | |  Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - Aswan Dam - BenefitsThe Aswan High Dam is 3,600 m in length, 980 m wide at the base, 40 m wide at the crest and 111 m tall. It contains 43 million m³ of material. At maximum, 11,000 m³ of water can pass through the dam every second. There are further emergency spillways for an extra 5000 m³ per second and the Toshka Canal links the reservoir to the Toshka Depression. The reservoir, named Lake Nasser, is 480 km long and 16km at its widest with a surface area of ...
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - World Heritage Site - History
World Heritage Site - Pre-Convention.
In 1959, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan High Dam, an event that would flood a valley containing treasures of ancient civilization such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign, despite appeals from the governments of Egypt and Sudan. The Abu Simbel and Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher ...
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism; there are also more than 5 million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf area like UAE, and Europe. The United States as well has a large population of Egyptian immigrants.
The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly-growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited ar ...
See also:Egypt, Egypt - Origin and history of the name, Egypt - History, Egypt - Politics, Egypt - Military, Egypt - Governorates, Egypt - Foreign relations, Egypt - Economy, Egypt - Demographics, Egypt - Religion, Egypt - Geography, Egypt - Culture Read more here: » Egypt: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - World Heritage Site - History
World Heritage Site - Pre-convention.
In 1959, the government of Egypt decided to build the Aswan High Dam, an event that would flood a valley containing treasures of ancient civilization such as the Abu Simbel temples. UNESCO then launched a worldwide safeguarding campaign, despite appeals from the governments of Egypt and Sudan. The Abu Simbel and Philae temples were taken apart, moved to a higher ...
See also:World Heritage Site, World Heritage Site - History, World Heritage Site - Pre-convention, World Heritage Site - Convention and background, World Heritage Site - Nominating process, World Heritage Site - Selection criteria, World Heritage Site - Statistics, World Heritage Site - Lists of World Heritage Sites Read more here: » World Heritage Site: Encyclopedia II - World Heritage Site - History |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism; there are also more than 5 million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf area like UAE, and Europe. The United States as well has a large population of Egyptian immigrants. The Red Sea Riviera and its ever growing resort developments has resulted in an increase in tourist percentages over the past decade, positively impacting the country's economy.
The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have al ...
See also:Egypt, Egypt - Origin and history of the name, Egypt - History, Egypt - Politics, Egypt - Military, Egypt - Governorates, Egypt - Foreign relations, Egypt - Economy, Egypt - Demographics, Egypt - Religion, Egypt - Geography, Egypt - Culture Read more here: » Egypt: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy Main article: Economy of Egypt
Egypt's economy depends mainly on agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism; there are also more than 5 million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf area like UAE, and Europe. The United States as well has a large population of Egyptian immigrants.
The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly-growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to over ...
See also:Egypt, Egypt - Origin and history of the name, Egypt - History, Egypt - Politics, Egypt - Military, Egypt - Governorates, Egypt - Foreign relations, Egypt - Economy, Egypt - Demographics, Egypt - Religion, Egypt - Geography, Egypt - Culture Read more here: » Egypt: Encyclopedia II - Egypt - Economy |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - History of Modern Egypt - Nasser and Arab socialism When the United States held up military sales in reaction to Egyptian neutrality vis-à-vis the Soviet Union, Nasser concluded an arms deal with Czechoslovakia in September 1955. When the US and the World Bank withdrew their offer to help finance the Aswan High Dam in mid-1956, Nasser nationalized the privately owned Suez Canal Company. The crisis that followed, exacerbated by growing tensions with Israel over guerrilla attacks from Gaza and Israeli reprisals, support for the FLN's war of liberation against the French in Algeria and against Britain's presence in the Arab world, resulte ...
See also:History of Modern Egypt, History of Modern Egypt - British Occupation, History of Modern Egypt - Nasser and Arab socialism, History of Modern Egypt - The Sadat Era, History of Modern Egypt - Domestic Policy and the Infitah, History of Modern Egypt - International Relations and the Camp David Accords, History of Modern Egypt - From Sadat to Mubarak Read more here: » History of Modern Egypt: Encyclopedia II - History of Modern Egypt - Nasser and Arab socialism |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - 1960 - Events
1960 - January.
January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over
January 1 - Independence of Cameroon
January 9-11 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt
January 14 - Reserve bank and Commonwealth Bank are created
January 21 - Mine collapses at Coalbrook, South Africa - 437 dead
January 22 - In France, president Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massun, commander-in-chief for the French troops in Algeria
January ...
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Egypt - Environmental concerns Natural hazards: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, volcanic activity; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms
Environment - current issues: agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water sourc ...
See also:Geography of Egypt, Geography of Egypt - Boundaries, Geography of Egypt - Provinces, Geography of Egypt - Natural regions, Geography of Egypt - Nile Valley and Delta, Geography of Egypt - Western Desert, Geography of Egypt - Eastern Desert, Geography of Egypt - Sinai Peninsula, Geography of Egypt - Area and boundaries, Geography of Egypt - Resources and land use, Geography of Egypt - Environmental concerns, Geography of Egypt - Sources, Geography of Egypt - External link Read more here: » Geography of Egypt: Encyclopedia II - Geography of Egypt - Environmental concerns |
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| | | | Aswan High Dam: Encyclopedia - Egypt The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Misr, in Egyptian Arabic Másr), is a republic in North Africa. While most of the country is geographically located in Africa, the Sinai Peninsula east of the Suez Canal is in Asia and Egypt is often associated with the Middle East.
Covering an area of about 1,020,000 km², Egypt shares land borders with Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel and the Gaza Strip to the northeast and has coasts on the north and east by the Medi ...
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