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The City Mills Dam on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, removed in 2013 This is a list of dams in Georgia that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. Completed removals
The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. When it was completed, it was the tallest earthen dam in the world, surpassing the Chatuge Dam in the United States. [ 2 ]
Transportation disasters in Georgia (U.S. state) (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Disasters in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
After the Aswan Dam was constructed in Egypt it protected Egypt from the droughts in 1972–1973 and 1983–1987 that devastated East and West Africa. The dam allowed Egypt to reclaim about 840,000 hectares in the Nile Delta and along the Nile Valley, increasing the country's irrigated area by a third. The increase was brought about both by ...
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Philae flooded by the Aswan Low Dam in 1906. In 1902, the Aswan Low Dam was completed on the Nile River by the British. This threatened to submerge many ancient landmarks, including the temple complex of Philae. The height of the dam was raised twice, from 1907 to 1912 and from 1929 to 1934, and the island of Philae was nearly
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