Aswan - Lake Nasser

The damming of the Nile by the High Dam has created an immense reservoir, Lake Nasser, with an area of 2,025sqmi/5,250sqkm the largest artificial lake in the world after the one formed by the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi. The lake is 317mi/510km long (a third of this length being in Sudanese territory) and 3-22mi/5-35 km wide. The average altitude of the surface of the lake is about 600ft/182m above sea level. It is planned to build several towns and villages on the shores of the lake.