Part of Lake Nasser, one of the largest artificial lakes in the world, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Lake Nasser, visible in the lower-right ...

The Aswan Dam was formally completed on July 21, 1970. The reservoir, known as Lake Nasser, reached its full capacity in 1976.

Lake Nasser’s water is stagnant; a factor which helps bacteria replicate faster. A committee set up by Minister of Tourism Zouheir Garana selected three locations behind the High Dam to build marinas ...