How much does the Aswan Dam cost?

How much does the Aswan Dam cost?

Aswan High Dam, Arabic Al-Sadd al-ʿĀlī, rock-fill dam across the Nile River at Aswān, Egypt, completed in 1970 (and formally inaugurated in January 1971) at a cost of about $1 billion.

What would happen if the Aswan Dam burst?

The answer is that a tidal wave of such magnitude would be created that Egypt would essentially cease to exist as a country. Tens of millions of people would be killed, and untold material damage would be created. It would, basically, be the largest single catastrophe in human existence.

Who opened Aswan High Dam?

president Gamal Abdel Nasser
The Aswan High Dam was spearheaded in the early 1950s by charismatic pan-Arabist president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egypt, where the river provides some 97 percent of water for more than 100 million people, is the final section of the Nile’s 6,650-kilometre (4,130-mile), 10-nation journey to the Mediterranean.

How much electricity does the Aswan High Dam produce?

The Aswan High Dam captures floodwater during rainy seasons and releases the water during times of drought. The dam also generates enormous amounts of electric power — more than 10 billion kilowatt-hours every year. That’s enough electricity to power one million color televisions for 20 years!

How much water does the Aswan Dam hold?

111 cubic kilometres
It holds 111 cubic kilometres of water.

What was the deadliest construction in the world?

The most devastating project was the Panama Canal, which had more than 30,000 deaths, representing about 40 percent of its workforce.

• 1825. Erie Canal: 1,000 deaths.
• 1869. Transcontinental Railroad: 1,200 deaths.
• 1869. Suez Canal: 120,000 deaths.
• 1883. Brookyln Bridge: 30 deaths.
• 1889. The Eiffel Tower: 1 death.
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How much energy does the Aswan Dam produce?

How many dams Egypt has?

Over the past 50 years, six Nile Basin countries have built 25 hydroelectric dams. As of 2019, four dams were under construction with four more being studied.