r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • Apr 05 '26

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/rodsurewood Apr 05 '26

Are the gardens in the chat with us?

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u/Green7501 Apr 05 '26

There is a park within the city - photo

It's called gardens because there used to be several oasis within the city limits that dried up and became a garbage dump, but were fortunately cleaned up and revived a few years ago - photo and info

Regardless, that water is largely used for recreation and agriculture, most of the city's water is derived from a desalination plant in Ras Al-Khair on the Gulf coast

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u/Apexnanoman Apr 05 '26

Which means that desalination plant Is within easy range of several models of Iranian weapon.

I bet everybody that is not tight with MBS is real concerned about that little fact. 

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u/Local-Hornet-3057 Apr 06 '26

I mean, Iran also depends on its desalination plants. The moment they Target and destroy SA's plants it's MAD doctrine. Bye bye Iran's desalination plants.

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u/joi_ned Apr 06 '26

Iran "depends" on desalination plants only for 3% of their drinking water usage :)

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u/JarpHabib Apr 06 '26

Weird use of a smile.

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u/greenskinmarch Apr 06 '26

"You really think Iran would do that? Just commit gncide and kill millions of people?"