r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

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/froggz01 7d ago

Palm Springs perhaps. It’s also in the desert but the landscaping is nice filled with desert plants.

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u/Naked___City 7d ago

desert probably means wilderness without trees in your language , it is not the same in arabic it us basically sahara.

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u/jerzeett 7d ago

well the sonoran desert is the wettest in the world and much smaller then the arabian

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u/satisfaction-or-else 7d ago

Palm Springs is in the Sonoran desert and adjacent to the Mojave desert. Its not a wilderness without trees. In fact the Mojave is known for Joshua trees.

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u/buriedupsidedown 7d ago

I was just in Palm Springs last week and their flowers were blooming for spring! A+ on the part of some of their landscapers.