SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What dam was built on the world’s longest river to control it for economic reasons?
A
Nairobi Dam
B
Brazil Dam
C
Aswan High Dam
D
Hoover Dam
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. The Aswan High Dam yields enormous benefits to the economy of Egypt.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1960s, for instance, Egypt constructed the Aswan Dam, which controlled the flow of the Nile River. This view of the Aswan Dam was provided by astronauts on the International Space Station in 2002. On July 21, 1970, engineers completed the Aswan Dam in southern Egypt.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1980s, the 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.

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