Aswan High Dam
By: by Peggy J. Parks.
Series: Building world landmarks
Publisher: Blackbirch Press/Thomson Gale
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Dams -- Design and construction.; Aswan High Dam (Egypt) -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Nile River -- Juvenile literature.; Aswan High Dam (Egypt); Nile River.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building Egypt's Aswan High Dam, which tamed the vital waters of the Nile and changed the lives of Egyptians, as well as 100,000 Nubians displaced by the reservoir.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.