<P> Eventually, Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970, opted for the idea of the Aswan High Dam at Aswan in Egypt instead of having to deal with many foreign countries . The required size of the reservoir was calculated using Hurst's figures and mathematical methods . In 1970, with the completion of the Aswan High Dam which was able to store the highest floods, the annual flooding cycle in Egypt came to an end in Lake Nasser . </P> <P> In the meantime, Egyptian population has risen to 92.5 million inhabitants (2016 estimate). </P>

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