Gaining from the deserts

Chapter 18

Irrigation

The Aswan Dam Project

The Nile

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4 positivesClean waterIrrigationTransportTourismElectric powerFishing

4 negativesBuying fertilizers90,000 move homeTombs floodedSalt water on land

The river flooded farm lands at times but at other times no water was received. This was unreliable for the farmers.

The River Nile flows through Egypt which is a country in Africa.

The Aswan Dam was built to control the flow of the river waters. Water was available for irrigation.

Worlds largest dam½ km wideLake Nasser: artificial lakeProvides energy for people of Egypt.

Two sides of the Aswan Dam story

Pick out the main detail in each

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Aswan Dam

project, Egypt

River Nile flooded

sometimes and did not

supply enough regular water to farms at other times

Aswan Dam built in 1960.

½ km wide creating a

large artificial lake called

Lake Nasser.

Water pumped from Lake Nasser to

farmlands to irrigate the

land and help crops grow.

Building the dam has left positive and

negative effects on the

people and land of Egypt