They were formed in the 1990s by diverting water from lakeNasser, an artificial lake formed behind the Aswan High Dam on the river Nile.
它们是由于1990年代从纳赛尔湖调水而形成的,是在尼罗河上的阿斯旺大坝后面形成的人工湖。
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37a section of LakeNasser in Egypt, a massive reservoir behind the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, seen from the International Space Station in January of 2010.
2010年1月份,国际空间站上拍摄到的埃及纳赛尔湖,这座尼罗河阿斯旺大坝上的大型水库。
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Most of the Nubian homeland now sits under the reservoir called LakeNasser.