In a world that is divided into almost 200 countries, natural resources are not distributed "in solidarity"
In an increasingly water-scarce world, some countries are completely deprived of something that is often taken for granted - rivers.
- Libya
The desert country of North Africa cannot boast of a single permanent river. What he can boast of is the so-called great man-made river. It is a large system of pipes that irrigate the country across and across the country and accounts for 70 percent of Libya's drinking water sources. Some consider it the largest in the world.
- Bahrain
Bahrain, like Libya, has no permanent rivers. Furthermore, data for the period between 1972 and 2017 show that the level of surface liquid water has remained stable: "about zero billion cubic meters per year".
- Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, a country of 2.150.000 square kilometers does not have a single river, but provides water for its 34 million inhabitants. Almost half of drinking water comes from sea or brackish water desalination. Many wonder if this is the solution for the future of the world, where we are talking more and more about the lack of water.
The miniature Vatican itself does not have a river (some would say there is no place for a river), but it is about 400 meters from the Italian river Tiber.
The Tiber is increasingly the subject of public debate due to water pollution, so perhaps the Vatican is not unhappy about not having a river. You lose something, you gain something - in this case, you care less.
- Monaco
It is only a city, it has almost no natural terrain within it, and therefore no natural rivers. Similarly, Monaco is also a city-state, which is small and borders France on three sides and the Mediterranean Sea on the fourth. The city's location and structure prevent it from having any natural rivers.
- Malta
Along with the Vatican and Monaco, which are so small that it's not really shocking that they don't have a river, Malta is the third and last European country to not have a river.
Moreover, there is no permanent lake. If you look at a satellite image of this archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean, you will notice uniform gray-brown tones, with only a few traces of green.
Otherwise, among the countries without rivers are Comoros, Djibouti in Africa, Kuwait, Oman, Maldives, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen in Asia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean and the Bahamas in North America. /KP
