The Aswan High Dam or the High Dam is a water dam on the Nile River in southern Egypt. It was established during the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the Soviets contributed to its construction. The dam has helped a lot in controlling the flow of water and mitigating the effects of the Nile flood. Used to generate electricity in Egypt. The length of the dam is 3600 meters, the width of the base is 980 meters, the width of the summit is 40 meters, and the height is 111 meters. The size of the dam’s body is 43 million cubic meters of cement, iron and other materials, and a water flow of up to 11,000 cubic meters of water can pass through the dam per second. The construction of the dam began in 1960 and the total cost was estimated at one billion dollars, a third of which was written off by the Soviet Union. 400 Soviet experts worked on the dam and completed its construction in 1968. The last 12 generators were installed in 1970 and the dam was officially opened in 1971.
One of the positive effects of the High Dam is that it worked to protect Egypt from flooding and drought as well, as Lake Nasser reduces the rush of flood waters and stores it for use in drought years.

The High Dam also worked to expand the agricultural area as a result of the availability of water and the expansion of land reclamation and the increase of the agricultural area from 5.5 to 7.9 million acres. It also worked to grow more crops on the land as a result of the availability of water, which allowed three crops per year and the expansion of crops that need quantities Large quantities of water for irrigation, such as rice and sugar cane, and it also led to converting the areas that were cultivated under the basin irrigation system to the permanent irrigation system.

He also worked on generating electricity that benefited Egypt economically.