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The '''Aswan Dam''' in [[Egypt]], built from 1960-1970, was a project of [[Gamal Abdel Nassar]].  The [[dam]] was built to prevent the [[Nile River]] from flooding and to generate [[electricity]].  The dam's waters drive one of the world's largest [[hydroelectric]] generating stations and are used to irrigate over 1 million acres of farmland.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

The '''Aswan Dam''' in [[Egypt]], built from 1960-1970, was a project of [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].  The [[dam]] was built to prevent the [[Nile River]] from flooding and to generate [[electricity]].  The dam's waters drive one of the world's largest [[hydroelectric]] generating stations and are used to irrigate over 1 million acres of farmland.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

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