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Lake Nasser

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Lake Nasser c.1,550 sq mi (4,010 sq km), on the Nile River, SE Egypt and N Sudan. Created in the 1960s, it extends c.350 mi (560 km) behind Aswan High Dam, submerging the more southern second and third cataracts. Lake Nasser averages c.6 mi (10 km) in width and is 600 ft (1,000 km) deep in places. The lake's rising waters forced more than 80,000 Nubian people to relocate and submerged many historic sites. Flooding is a perennial problem. Author not available, NASSER, LAKE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Lake Nasser
...brought some 1,250 sq mi (3,240 sq km) of additional land under irrigation. Its formation flooded a number of archaeological sites, including those found at Abu Simbel . In The Sudan it is known as Lake Nubia. Lake Nasser Lake Nasser Lake Nasser Read more

Nasser
Nasser, Egypt A lake created as a result of the construction of the Aswān High Dam in the 1960s and named after Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–70), President of Egypt (1956–70). The southern third of the lake in the Sudan is called Lake Nubia. Read more

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	LAKE NASSER RECEIVES 1.62 B CUBIC METERS OF WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS YEAR'S FLOOD ; "Lake Nasser received 1.62 billion cubic metres of the...Mahmoud Abu Zeid. The Nile water level in Lake Nasser recorded 175.16 metres Monday, 16 centimeters...of Sunday. The Nile Water level in the lake on the same day last year stood at 170... Read more
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	Aswan dam wall hides stagnant waters of today's Egypt; Former president Nasser's symbol of revolution and modernity brings little dignity, writes Anthony Shadid.(Dispatches) ; ...harnessed into a canal. Behind is Lake Nasser, the largest man-made reservoir...what the government of Gamal Abdel Nasser promised would modernise a nation...the Nile Valley. Time and again, Nasser made it the symbol of his revolution... Read more
	Nasser gets ready for top challenge: getting by Dvorak ; ...at Prospect last year that Dvorak beat Nasser 7-6, 6-1. Nasser came back to beat Dvorak 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals of...Closed Tournament in Indianapolis earlier this summer. Nasser won 7-5, 6-4. "I'm really looking for some competition...thought all season the toughest will come from Laura," said ... Read more
	Nasser handles Dvorak ; ...three winners. But on this day, Nasser packed more punch and won the...Homewood-Flossmoor finished third with 54. Nasser wasn't invincible. She lost...third set 6-1, she defeated Lake Forest's Freddie Uihlein 6...She played a great match." Nasser needed 58 minutes to beat Dvorak...about what Laura ... Read more
	Ford chief Nasser: Strong demand ahead for autos.(Business) ; ...the year, Ford Motor Co. head Jacques Nasser told the Executives Club of Chicago on...soft landing is a strong possibility, Nasser told the breakfast group at the Palmer...felt the impact of the slowing economy. Lake Forest-based auto parts maker Tenneco...layoffs and production cuts, many expected ... Read more
	Nasser Keys Hersey Victory ; ...3 tennis victory Thursday in Arlington Heights. Joining Nasser in the victory column were first doubles team Kristen...Archer and fourth doubles team Allison Femal and Susie Min. Nasser consistently hit passing shots by Taheny, whose rushes...costly. "I played her at the Westerns during the summer," ... Read more
	Nasser's Open hopes fade ; ...Open was equally gloomy for Hersey's Jennifer Nasser. Nasser, the runner-up in the state tournament the last two seasons...Monday in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. As of Tuesday, however, Nasser was the sixth alternate in the 64-player field and indicated...will concentrate on local tennis. "I have that ... Read more
	Nasser: Ford open to selling Tulsa Auto Collection.(Brief Article) ; ...shares. Asked if the company would sell the Tulsa venture, Nasser said, ``We'd look at it.'' Ford's original vision was...It is clear that we can't do what we wanted to do,'' Nasser said. ``Maybe even what we wanted to do wasn't right...about that.'' Still, the five Auto Collections have merit, Nasser ... Read more
	Cricket: THE SHADOW THAT FOLLOWS NASSER; Former SAS troops watch Hussain and Co.(Sport) ; Byline: Mike WALTERS NASSER HUSSAIN'S England stars will be shadowed by plain-clothes detectives...seven-foot crocodile was caught jaywalking on a busy road near Powai Lake here on Tuesday. CAPTION(S): IN THE SWIM: but security is still tight... Read more

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	EGYPT: LAKE NASSER RECEIVES 1.62 B CUBIC METERS OF WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS YEAR'S FLOOD.
	EGYPT: LAKE NASSER WATER LEVEL DROPS.(Brief Article)
	A lost ancient land. (Nubia) (Mosaic)

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