Tukma [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 26 days agoIran faces its worst water crisis in six decades, and Tehran could run out of water - International Heraldinterherald.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160external-linkIran faces its worst water crisis in six decades, and Tehran could run out of water - International Heraldinterherald.comTukma [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarevovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoThe Caspian Sea is some 30m below sea level, and Tehran is 1179m above sea level on average, well into the Iranian plateau. I don’t think it’s possible to pump Tehran amounts of water 1200m uphill.
minus-squareComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 days agoDamn that makes a lot of sense actually
The Caspian Sea is some 30m below sea level, and Tehran is 1179m above sea level on average, well into the Iranian plateau. I don’t think it’s possible to pump Tehran amounts of water 1200m uphill.
Damn that makes a lot of sense actually