Spanning across two north African countries - southern Egypt and northern Sudan - is the vast reservoir of Lake Nasser. Created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam between 1960 and 1970 ...

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 is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt's ancient city of Aswan and one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.