The map above shows countries that lack a single river within their borders. In case you’re wondering they are:
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Comoros
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Maldives
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- UAE
- Vatican City
- Yemen
Moreover, the following dependencies and other territories also have no rivers:
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Cayman Islands
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Easter Island
- Gibraltar
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Pitcairn Islands
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Tokelau
- Wallis and Futuna
To learn more about the future of water have a look at the following books:
- The Water Crisis in Yemen: Managing Extreme Water Scarcity in the Middle East
- The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
- The End of Abundance: Economic Solutions to Water Scarcity
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Rob Verkes says
The Dutch Antilles islands should be on the list
Johan Schaeffer says
Forgetting Saba – Dutch Caribbean – there
bdfh says
Define “river”.
derpy says
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/river
zimriel says
Pretty sure that Yemen, Arabia Felix, has rivers. The rivers might not be Western-famous like the Orontes or the Severn but it has rivers.
Does that “river” which (usually doesn’t) flow to Bridgetown in Barbados count? I bet Yemen’s rivers are more consistent than that ditch. I was there in rainy season, August, and it was being used for an open-air landfill.