Lake Nasser, Egypt

Lake Nasser is a large artificial lake in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, with shores of sand dunes and granite cliffs here and there. Specifically, Lake Nasser is the part that is located on Egyptian territory, while the Sudanese prefer to call their part Lake Nubia. 
Nasser was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan Dam (High Wall) between 1892 and 1902 by British engineer William Wilcox. The Egyptian name of the lake is given in honor of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the inspirer and main organizer of the controversial project of the Aswan Dam ("High Wall").
With the construction of Lake Nasser, Egypt has managed to cope with the problems that come from the annual floods in the Nile Valley, while at the same time procuring the necessary water resources for cultivating parts of the desert.
On the other hand, the construction of Lake Nasser leads to environmental and demographic difficulties, as well as problems related to the preservation of cultural heritage in the region. Many valuable archeological sites remain under the waters of the artificial mass.
The most important are diligently moved block by block, and located on new grounds. Among them is the most famous site - the temple of Abu Simbel. There are other monuments around Lake Nasser that are not submerged in its waters and these are the temple of Dhaka, the temple of Amada and Qasr Ibrim. 
The areas flooded by the waters of Lake Nasser were inhabited by the Nubian ethnic group, and many people were subsequently deported to Sudan or Egypt. To this day, there are problems with the integration of this population. From an ecological point of view, the construction of Lake Nasser has led to the erosion of some lands along the Nile Delta.