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Bookmark or Share- Egypt - Encyclopedia.comFurther, five years of drought in the Ethiopian highlands — the source of the Nile River's water — caused the water level of Lake Nasser, the Aswan High Dam's reservoir, to drop to the lowest level ever in 1987. In 1996, however, the level of water behind the High Dam and in Lake Nasser reached the highest level since the completion of the dam.
- Exploration of the Nile River: A Journey of Discovery and ImperialismPàez found a small spring above Lake Tanganyika in northwestern Ethiopia. It empties into the lake at about 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above sea level. The path following the outflow of the lake to its meeting with the White Nile follows a tortuous route down deep gorges, over high waterfalls, and through dense rain forest.
- Lake Tanganyika - Encyclopedia.comLake Tanganyika [1], second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680 km) long and up to 45 mi (72 km) wide. The lake lies in the Great Rift Valley [2] (alt.
- The Temples at Abu Simbel | Encyclopedia.comIt was180 miles (290 km) downstream from Abu Simbel, and what was to become Lake Nasser began to accumulate behind it. In a major international project initiated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the threatened temples were cut from the cliffs and moved in 950 huge blocks to a safer spot 212 feet ...
- Lake Nasser - Encyclopedia.comnasser, lake a reservoir of the nile located in southern egypt and northern sudan, created by the aswan high dam after 1971. Lake Nasser , created by the construction of the High Dam at Aswan, is 298 miles long and 10 miles wide at its widest point, with a water capacity of 130 million acre-feet, of which 24 million acre-feet serve as dead ...
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