Lake Nasser was formed in 1968 when the waters of this river were blocked by the Aswan High Dam
[DOC] [TLE] Engineering Modern Egypt: Water and Technology at the Aswan ... [PAR] Apr 30, 2010 ... Egypt's Aswan High Dam and its effects on Professor Hamdy's .... established 
total control over the flow of the Nile, the longest river in the world.