Discover the History of Aswan High Dam in Aswan Tours

Aswan holidays are popular among the tourist who love exploring more and more about the history of Egypt. One of the remarkable and stunning attractions to see in Aswan tours is Aswan High Dam. This is situated on the North of the border between Egypt and Sudan lays the Aswan High Dam. This is huge damn which captures the longest river of world the Nile River. This dam is also known as Saad el Aali in Arabic and construction of this dam was completed in 1970 after the hard work of ten years.

Egypt has forever depended on the water of the Nile River and two main tributaries of the Nile River are the Blue Nile and the White Nile. These two tributaries come together in Khartoum which is capital of Sudan and here they form the Nile River. You can explore more about this in your Aswan holidays. You can also plan cheap holidays in Aswan as many of the travel companies are offering many discounts and cheap packages to attract more tourist. One of the important facts which you must know is Nile River is of length 4, 160 miles around 6, 695 kilometers from source of sea.

While enjoying holidays in Aswan you will see this damn. This dam is lying in the middle of the Egyptian desert and considered as one of the largest dams in the world. Before this dam was constructed Nile River overflowed its banks once a year and river bring four million tons of nutrient-rich silt on the floor of valley and it makes the land more productive and fertile. There were few years when river did not rise and caused extensive deficiency and famine. In year 1952 Egyptian President planned to control the annual flood of the country with a huge damn across the Nile River and his plan worked successfully. Now to more about this damn just take your cheap flights to this destination and explore more this huge damn where you can feel the electric waves or shower produces by the river.

The Aswan High Dam captures floodwater during many rainy seasons and provides the water during deficiency times. This dam also provide good quantity of electric power to Egypt around 10 billion kilowatt-hours every year. That’s enough amounts for the consumption of Egyptians. Just plan your Aswan holiday packages and visit this interesting and historical dam of Egypt. You can include other stunning attractions or sightseeing as well in your Aswan tours.