納賽爾水庫
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座標 | 北緯22度25分、東經31度45分 |
湖泊類別 | 水庫 |
流入 | 尼羅河 |
流出 | 尼羅河 |
集水區國家 | 埃及、蘇丹 |
湖泊長度 | 550公里 |
湖泊闊度 | 35公里 |
湖泊面積 | 5,250平方公里 |
平均深度 | 25.2公尺 |
最深深度 | 130公尺 |
水體體積 | 132立方公里 |
湖岸線長度 | 7,844公尺 |
海拔高度 | 183公尺 |
[编辑] 基本資料
納賽爾水庫(Arabic: بحيرة ناصر; transliterated: Buhayrat Nasir)是埃及南部和蘇丹北部的大型水庫。嚴格來說,埃及境內的部分(佔面積83%)被稱為「納賽爾水庫」(Lake Nasser),而蘇丹境內的部分被稱為「努比亞水庫」(Lake Nubia)。 納賽爾水庫是1958至1970年建造橫截尼羅河的亞斯文水壩而形成,長度約550公里,在北回歸線附近最闊為35公里,覆蓋5,250平方公里的面積,儲水量為157立方公里。
The rising waters of the dam required major relocation projects that were carried out during the 1960s.
Several important Nubian archaeological sites were dismantled block by block and moved to higher ground, most notably Abu Simbel. The Sudanese river-port and railway terminal of Wadi Halfa was lost beneath the waters and a new town was built in its place; and Egypt's entire Nubian community from the upper reaches of the Nile – numbering several hundred thousand people – saw their villages disappear and were forced to relocate.
The Egyptian name is in honor of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the mastermind behind the controversial High Dam project.
Rising lake levels through the 1990s resulted in spilling over of waters into the Western Desert, forming the Toshka Lakes beginning in 1998.