Large dams 2: Aswan High Dam

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Satellite image: Insightdigital & Google, Aswan High Dam 2009
Satellite image: Insightdigital & Google, Aswan High Dam 2009

Case study: The Aswan High Dam and the Nile in Egypt

Introduction

There are numerous case studies of dams and diversion projects around the world that illustrate issues and teach lessons. The disappearance of the Aral Sea in the Soviet Union is perhaps the most notorious. It is an extreme example of diversion irrigation in a desert to grow cotton: an awful lesson of where extreme ambition and unwillingness to face basic facts can lead to ecological and economic disaster.

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