Lake Nasser (Arabic: بحيرة ناصر‎ Buhayrat Nasir, Egyptian Arabic: [boˈħeːret nɑːsˤeɾ]) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt, and northern Sudan, and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Strictly, "Lake Nasser" refers only to the much larger portion of the lake that is in Egyptian territory (83% of the total), with the Sudanese preferring to call their smaller body of water Lake Nubia (Arabic: بحيرة نوبية‎; transliterated: Buhayrat An-Nuba). The area of Sudan-administered Wadi Halfa Salient was largely flooded by Lake Nasser/Lake Nubia.