The biggest country in the world without a single river, see how it gets water for it's citizens.

A river is a stream of water with the shape of a ribbon that is forced downward by gravity. It's possible for a river to be wide and deep or it can be narrow enough to be crossed by wading. A moving body of water smaller than a river is referred to as a stream, creek, or brook. Others are only present during certain times of the year.

There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia, but despite this, the kingdom uses twice as much water as any other developing nation on the planet. Most of the water used in Saudi Arabia comes from desalination plants that purify seawater of salt, as well as from the ground. In the entire world, it uses the most desalinated water. More than 75 percent of the subsurface water that is not replenished has already been utilized. The water solution should soon come to an end.

There is hardly enough water left to last another ten years because they wasted so much water on crops. Water is evaporating at a faster rate due to widespread water extraction for home and industrial consumption. 

The Saudi government has taken many measures to prevent the catastrophic water shortage that has already made it illegal to grow wheat crops. Around 200 dams constructed by the government in different parts of the nation hold 6 billion cubic feet of water total.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia spans a territory of 830,000 square miles. It is the twelfth biggest country in the globe, with mountains, plains, and a barren desert making up the majority of its terrain. There are no permanent rivers within its limits. It is one of just 17 nations in the world without rivers.

65 percent of Saudi Arabia's wastewater is recycled at a number of facilities spread out around the nation. Water and oil-filled puddles surround Saudi Arabia. The nation is now using its substantial resources to buy land and plant crops in other, more productive nations.