ASWAN DAM

PURPOSE OF DAM

• Get water when it is needed
• Waters thousands of acres
• Improve irrigation

SIZE

• 364 ft tall
• 12,562 ft of the crest

IMPACT ON HUMAN POPULATION

• 90,000 people relocated
• 50,000 Moved to Kawn Umbū
• People had to adapt to a new life style
• Less farm land available
• Not enough jobs available

COUNTRY IMPACT

• Allocated by treaty with Sudan and Egypt
• Abu temples had to be moved (costly)

ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT

• Agricultural zone besettled
• Land was destroyed because most was desert

Across the Nile River in Egypt

Embankment Dam (Aswan)

Even though it cause a lot of people to relocate it improved the farm industry

• Even though many people had to move it helped the farm industry