Stock photography, photos: Aswan High Dam - Egypt Stock photos of Just north of the border between Egypt and Sudan in the town of Aswan lies the Aswan High Dam, a huge rockfill dam which captures the world's longest river, the Nile, in one of the world's third largest reservoirs, Lake Nasser. The dam, known as Saad el Aali in Arabic, was completed in 1970 after 18 years of work. Aswan, Egypt ˆ North Africa. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: energy, power, electric, electricity, hydroelectric, dam, hydroelectric dam, high dam, aswan, aswan dam, Egypt, Africa, north Africa, nile, nile river, river, lake nassar, rockfill dam