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River feature, one parent of ugly ducklings? (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

aswan dam

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'ugly ducklings?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'river feature one parent' is the wordplay.
'river feature' becomes 'aswan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one parent' becomes 'dam' (term for the female parent of an animal).
'aswan'+'dam'='ASWAN DAM'

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(Other definitions for aswan dam that I've seen before include "massive barrier" , "Nile construction of 1902" , "Egyptian water barrier" , "Egypt's lake district" , "Huge structure in Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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