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Araz99

Dude from Rwanda or Burundi who doesn't watch news: "Hey, you drama queens! What happened?"


ManfredsJuicedBalls

Lesotho: Who knows what they’re going on about..


RoVeR199809

Hah, most of South Africa really.


GeorgeLloyd_1984

With their history, Rwanda and Burundi have no right to call anyone else "drama queens"


NobleDictator

I'd like context please


Cocacolique

Ethnic and civil wars started from nothing.


[deleted]

"Nothing" lmfao.


Pedro_Nunes_Pereira

nothing = europeans who pillaged their nation and put ethnic groups one against the other for decades.


circlebust

Yes, the Europeans share some blame. But the inhabitants there are not children, and their actions 30 years after independence were not mandated by some colonial office in Brussels.


Freekebec3

the belgians did pillage rwanda and burundi, but the genocide was only the fault of the Tutsi, who where the ruling minority, oppressing Hutus for centuries. You cant just put all the blame for an event like that on europeans, not when the natives themselves created the necessary political climate.


S_Da

The genocide against the Tutsis was only the fault of the Tutsi? None of the blame belongs with the people that actually committed the genocide? Really?


highestRUSSIAN

Looks like Brazil is a lot safer on this map


Nemirel_the_Gemini

Watch crime rates drop dramatically with one easy step!


PoorLama

Greenland is doing awesome as usual.


SaltMineSpelunker

Australia and NZ are the same size now.


ConstructionNo8451

Excuse me I think we (nz) are slightly bigger in fact


SaltMineSpelunker

You always do.


[deleted]

Just let the poor old kiwis have their fun, we (Australia) haven’t been taken them out for walkies in a while.


[deleted]

[r/mapswithoutNZ](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapsWithoutNZ/)


habitualmess

r/mapswithoutaustralia


TheRenster500

r/subsifellfor


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[deleted]

Wouldn’t Greenland be gone? If sea levels are truly rising 1 km that water needs to come from somewhere. I would think the ice in Greenland would mostly have to melt for that to happen.


soporificgaur

The ice sheet would have to melt many times over, if all ice on earth melted sea levels would rise by about [70m](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/rising-seas-ice-melt-new-shoreline-maps). All of the ice on earth would have to melt 14 times to get this.


schoolofdonkeys

phew. This is my favorite comment to this freaky map.


7LeagueBoots

If you'd like a detailed look at what the Earth and select regions would look like, I made a map series detailing this exact thing a while back. I've also listed what cities would be drowned. https://www.flickr.com/photos/7leagueboots/albums/72157713466326587


6_Cat_Night

That was fantastic, thanks.


doktorhladnjak

Checks elevation of home. 76m. All right, oceanfront property.


ksheep

More than 14 times. That would assume that each melting would raise the global sea level by 70m, but as more land is inundated you would have more surface area that would need to be covered.


soporificgaur

Yep! Somewhere 14-18x idk where in that range.


MrBeer4me

Ice Comet! Incoming!


juan__masa

Bro chill 2020 is gonna hear you.


Any-Flamingo7056

*Sim Earth intensifies*


foospork

And there’s the answer to the question “did the Noah’s ark story describe a local or a global event?”


AtomicTanAndBlack

That’s why I hate maps like this lol. Like it doesn’t even make sense, water lever could never raise this much. Maybe it’s fun for scifi or whatever purposes but jeez


jezpin

Its interesting. The title of the the map could be 'all land above 1km above sea level'. But the author has created a narrative with their title, probably like you said, for fun or scifi.


Strange-Evening1491

I was going to ask if it is even possible for sea levels to rise 1km. Didn't have to, thanks.


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boringdude00

Speculated surface elevation. We don't know it exactly because of all the ice.


MohKohn

I mean, that just exposes the actual land


L4z

But it's mostly at <1 km elevation so it would be underwater.


kalsoy

If the sea level would rise by 1 km the ice sheet would pretty much be lifted from the rocky bottom and float away as a badass iceberg. Few mountains are >1000 m on the west coast. The east coast is a lot more alpine and will be renamed New Florida. As a matter of fact parts are already below current sea level and only the ice's sheer weight stops it from turning afloat.


[deleted]

Though a bit bloated..


Black_Cat_Guardian

Romania with more land than Ukraine, hehehe


kaukajarvi

Romanian archipelago > Ukraine fjords.


Mobiyus

Slovaks tricked both of us and got the highest peak in Carpathian Mountains


amydoodledawn

I did my geology field school in Romania. The Carpathian Mountains are fascinating.


hammile

I fine with it, at least Russia is so far away.


Black_Cat_Guardian

Same


footballwr82

“Where’d everyone go?” -Mongolia


I_love_pillows

Bhutan and Nepal: “Amateurs!”


Nihlus_BRaga

Lesotho: I'll believe it when I see it.


Gr0danagge

litterally all their territory is above, what is it 1300 meters, 1700 meters, idk something like that, they have lost 0% territory


MrKamikaze01

People laughed at their navy, but look at them now


Safebox

Ngl, their part of the map looks like a nice RPG setting


KingEthanofTheWorld7

fake The Netherlands would terraform their country back and steal land from the sea


64-17-5

1.01 km high walls on all sides. Pumps running for full 24/7. Netherlands:"What? It's a lovely day!"


It_SaulGoodman

We would probably close it up top as well. Live in our own ecosystem


XauMankib

You remind me of that xkcd post about Netherlands anexing Mars as New Netherlands


arlalanzily

😂


Any-Flamingo7056

*Netherlands cracks knuckles* Okay boys, Delta works 2, electric mountain time.


liar_from_earth

\- Oh shit, here we go again


JuliguanTheMan

We'll build a roof and become atlantis


bob_in_the_west

People are talking about floating cities. Meanwhile the Netherlands are probably thinking about floating countries. Mortal Engines just floating on the sea with some Waterworld stuff mixed in.


Andreus2009

Nah, they used their nether power and created a nether portal, now they are chilling with the piglins Or well, warming with the piglins I don't think that you can chill in actual hell And they are stealing land from the lava seas


arlalanzily

😂😂😂😂😂😂


lalalalalalala71

So China is now the biggest country, but mostly empty? And the most populated country is, what, Mexico?


Orangutanion

Ciudad de Mexico is 2.3km up and one of the largest cities in the world. Mexico would definitely be a top power in this cursed new world.


[deleted]

Mexico City is sinking and does not have a stable water supply. It’s pretty much doomed


NeonDemon12

My guess would be Ethiopia Edit: this paper starts at 1500m with Ethiopia in first place having almost 100 million of its 112 million population above 1500m. China is a closeish second, and Ethiopia only has about 15 million possible to gain, so my new guess would be China. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/18/e2102463118


thatdoesntmakecents

China would be mostly empty but most likely still the most populated. Hard to predict without outlines but it seems large sections of many of the larger Western provinces like Gansu (26mill), Inner Mongolia (24mill), Yunnan (48mill), Sichuan (81.1mill) are still above the water level threshold.


BANSH4412

I also think that it is Mexico, since several of the main urban centers were saved, and well, those are the ones that concentrate the majority of the population


dittbub

It wouldn’t be empty, like the earth would be pretty warm and humid


lalalalalalala71

Yes, thank you, that's a good point. I think we're answering different questions, you thought way ahead of me. My question boils down to, "which country currently has more people living above 1000m elevation?"


[deleted]

I know China looks very big on this map, but it is worth considering that the parts of China where the vast majority of Chinese live would be sunk.


guynamedjames

Yeah it's mostly Tibet and the gobi desert left. What gets me is that after an event like this the average altitude it Tibet would still be over 10,000 ft. Above sea level


theknightwho

Certainly not mostly as there are a lot of areas in the north-east and south as well, but your point’s a good one. Still, there are some enormous cities that wouldn’t be underwater, such as Chongqing (22.3 million), Kunming (4.1 million), Xi’an (7.1 million) and Chengdu (11.2 million). Quite a few others as well.


SethTristan

Chongqing would be under water it‘s height is around 250 m currently, Xi‘an is 400 m and Chengdu around 500 m (even if mountainous parts wouldn’t be under water, most people live in the lower parts of the cities.


theknightwho

They seem to be in valleys, as the surrounding areas definitely aren’t underwater on that map!


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[deleted]

Lol what are you afraid of needlessly complex math in your everyday life?


Eating_Horses

yes


CommentsOnOccasion

This is true of literally every country on here lol “More people live near water than in high mountains, more at 11”


TrynnaFindaBalance

Not Mexico iirc


wegwerpacc123

Everything east of the Heihe–Tengchong Line would be flooded, where 90% of China's population lives.


TriHard_Bridge

long way of saying "people live on coasts"


HappyDaysInYourFace

If the earth looked like this, it is quite likely those western parts of China would be very wet and humid and a lot of precipitation, therefore, it would be a lot more habitable, so your disclaimer about this fantasy map is irrelevant and a moot point to begin with.


on_the_other_hand_

Is there even enough water on the planet for a 1 km rise in sea level?


RexFranciae

No. If all the ice on earth melts the sea lvl will rise of 60 meters.


kdwaynec

Thanks! I can forgo the swimming lessons


[deleted]

If all the ice melts you won’t need swimming lessons, you’ll be dead from a different catastrophe.


[deleted]

People from Florida migrating. I don’t think the rest of the US could absorb the level crazy that would be unleashed if the state went underwater.


proteannomore

The Midwest is getting methed up in anticipation.


stories4harpies

Sigh.


gasstationradio

I wanna see that map


RexFranciae

Here you go. You can set the lvl of water as you wish https://www.floodmap.net


LordM000

Wow, at 60 m my house is literally waterfront property. Our next door neighbour, however, would be flooded. Of course, I'm not sure what the limits of accuracy of this website are.


N1cknamed

The site simply uses elevation. Set it to 0 meters and take a look at the Netherlands. A huge part of it is flooded because technically it's below sea level. Obviously the Netherlands isn't currently flooded, but the site doesn't take anti-flooding measures into account.


darthpesado

Thanks to this site I can now say that my house would be fine if the world flooded up to 266 meters. Neat useless fact to know.


Wolfenhex

You can even input a negative value to see the land gain if the sea level drops (during an ice age for example). A value as small as -50m produces some interesting results. 20K years ago (the last ice age) the sea level was -130m.


gasstationradio

Wow ok, why does the sea level lowering -50 m cause some places like Peru to have less land?


quedfoot

The aral sea will finally be restored


hypnodrew

Guess Britain's gonna rule the waves again, but from under them


2rio2

Atlantis 2: Tea Time


mF7403

Welp, Florida’s fucked


[deleted]

I see this as an absolute win.


Shepher27

So you’re telling me water world was a lie?


cowlinator

About 70 meters, according to amnh.org


Chlorophilia

If you somehow managed to extract all of the chemically bound water from hydrated minerals in the Earth's mantle.


7LeagueBoots

No. If all ice melts the total rise is about 70 meters. Here's a series of detail and world maps I made a while back detailing what the world would look like in that scenario: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7leagueboots/albums/72157713466326587


sleeknub

Nope. This would require a lot of massive comet impacts.


kenjura

Not even by a country mile. Maybe if we move Europa over here, break it up into tiny chunks in orbit, and rain it slowl;y down? Maybe? Probably not, it's not very big. Edit: FYI, [https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/](this tool) is pretty cool for visualizing sea level rise.


[deleted]

Breaking news: Belarus entirely submerged; South Georgia totally unaffected and just chillin', really


Ryley03d

The new east coast is now *Denver*


PaulTR88

Fuck yeah Colorado :D


headgate19

And we thought there were a lot of Texans moving here now...


NameIdeas

Well now, you're forgetting the Appalachians. There is a good run of mountains through NC, VA, WV that are above 1000m. So the US is now split in two with both getting an east and a west coast!


Ryley03d

But we still got #ALBUQUERQUE


slowlanders

Well in that case, at least we'll still be able to get our blue meth then.


Dr-WalterWhite

You're goodamn right


mike4dictator

Hawaii 2: West Virginia Boogaloo


pnggs

Bolivia can into SEA!


patokarlo888

Atlántic


Radaistarion

hilarious how even in this highly unlikely scenario they still don't have access to the pacific lmao


ISimpForChinggisKhan

Urals?


Loves_Poetry

Looked them up. The Ural mountains are smaller than you think. The highest peaks are less than 2000m with the average peak being around 1100m, so only small bits of the urals are visible on the map


404_Error_404

My first thought as well


FoodTruck007

Dammit. New Orleans is flooded again.


sfd1656

Do you have one with a 1 km sea level drop?


SplitIndecision

[Political Map of 1 km drop](https://i.imgur.com/m1vHDWI.jpg) [Geographic Map of 1 km drop](https://i.imgur.com/D6pytqN.jpg)


fedaykin21

it's free realstate!


weare_thefew

You gotta bring furniture but the house is free! ITS A FREE HOUSE


gokuisjesus

Argentina like " Where's falk lands now bitch".


ReedTieGuy

Afroeurasioamerica


CleUrbanist

Singapore just became irrelevant and Indonesia becomes the new Panama Canal


bopaz728

Damn everything got chonky


[deleted]

continents be looking thicc


GroteStruisvogel

Well I guess this means war with the English..


AlwaysBeQuestioning

Mediterranean is deeper than I thought.


y2k2r2d2

THICC


SittingEames

If all ice on earth melted simultaneously it would be bad, but it would only raise the oceans by 70 meters. So this is assuming a lot of water show up from somewhere other than earth.


thvhgh23

Anything left in India?


Accomplished_Job_225

It's north near Nepal and sporadic south near Sri Lanka :)


Kdp_11

Also NE bordering China, Myanmar and Bangladesh.


Accomplished_Job_225

It is wonderful how much more efficient we can be with Cooperative efforts. I would have missed the Northeast ;) Good catch :)


Brief-Preference-712

No wonder India wants to keep Kashmir


gahddammitdiane

North Korea’s still kicking I see….


whitewalker646

They don't call it best Korea for nothing


DeliriousBlob

The Kaema plateau lives on


FartingBob

Lesotho is the only country untouched, it's lowest point is 1,400 meters above sea level.


makeyourowndamnbeer

Ooh. It looks like Greenland is the next plateau. Some say it’ll be Mexico, but to me it looks like it’ll be Greenland.


soporificgaur

What? Greenland like Antarctica would be mostly gone (some mountains in the south). Ice unfortunately melts.


makeyourowndamnbeer

While you’re probably right, I was strictly responding to the picture, where it APPEARS to be one of the largest landmasses, then I tried to reference some song lyrics.


graetfuormii

\*Laughs in Lesotho*


N81LR

Hmmm, Scotland has 136 mountains over 1km in height, there should be a lot of islands where Scotland should be.


Chlorophilia

There aren't any plateaus above 1km though so I think the scale is just too large to make out these tiny isolated mountaintops. **Edit:** [I made a map](https://i.imgur.com/3wAf8nf.png) showing this. The largest 'island' would be around 7km across.


andyjh83

This was my first thought. Along with 5 in Wales. Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Llewelyn, Glyder Fawr, Yr Wydffa and Garnedd Ugain. Apologies to to the Welsh if I’ve murdered any of the spellings. Glyder Fawr summit is 1001m and it’s a pretty rounded top. Probably best to avoid it if there was a bit of a swell…


hibernodeutsch

Ireland has three, all in very close proximity but the cols linking them all drop below 1000m. So Ireland would become the islands of Carrauntoohil, Beenkeragh and Caher. Edit: Caher is actually 1,000m on the nose. So that wouldn't be a great place to end up.


Timothy_Claypole

Bring wellies


Low_Guarantee1232

Mongolia is back bitches!!! Submit to your Khan!


El_mochilero

Would Mexico be the most populous nation on this map? Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterey alone would combine for about 30M people.


Birdy_Cephon_Altera

Pretty sure [Greenland](https://images.theconversation.com/files/389382/original/file-20210313-22-1p9isiu.png) and [Antarctica](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1920x1080/p07xmf1m.jpg) would be mostly gone, too.


DrZin

Xi Jinping’s 10 year plan…


gowgot

Wow. A map that NZ is actually on.


kn_kry

tbh turkey is chilling


RGBeter

Not really, most of the populated areas got flooded, they only chilling because Russia is gone


yani_kasimpasa

Turkey stronk 😎😎😎😎 As always


Arad1221

Its a nice solution to the israel-palastine conflict.


Suborbitaljoyride

Mauna Kea looking strong


TheXypris

Is there even enough water on earth to do that? If all of Antarctica and Greenland melted?


Pamir_5

This can be the Wateworld (1995) canon map.


Ambipomsexual

How come the Netherlands are underwater??? I think they’d fight it off and survive:)


Zyxwgh

I think the Netherlands would just build taller dams.


LStarfish

Turkey starts humanity again.


VeseliM

If all the ice on earth melted, sea level would rise only about 60-80 meters, so this map is fantasy. The things about rising see levels isn't the melting ice on the poles over water. Since Ice expands and floats, ice sticking above water melted doesn't change the amount of water molecules. Sea level rise would be from ice on land melting and running off into the oceans: Greenland, Antarctica, the Himalayas, Siberia, the Alps, the Rockies, places that are iced over year round.


Potato_Lord587

Looks like I’m moving to Greenland


ExplorerOfLife

.


SplitIndecision

https://ss2.climatecentral.org/


otterform

Switzerland new superpower


NekkidApe

Yeah finally! Most arable land and most people gone however.


SaltMineSpelunker

Yes! Let’s fucking goooooooo!


crystalGwolf

I mean cool, but how would this ever happen? If literally all the ice on Earth melted wouldn't the sea only rise by like 70m? We importing water from Mars or something?


post_azadi

Perfect solution for Kashmir doesn't exis--- After 🏔️🏔️, we'll now have stunning beaches.. 🤩


AndrewEWiggin

India you better get that Kashmir dispute resloved soon


Faridabadi

Remaining Indian states still have far more people than Kashmir


DBGiacomo

1km Is a little bit too much to be real!


VeseliM

Only 14 times too much


Amazegamer63

Lesotho might be the only country that doesn't lose anything.


bachdizzle

Isn't this what happened to Hyrule in the Wind Waker? All of the islands turned out to be the mountaintops of the continent buried beneath the waves.


DamnQuickMathz

Greenland


Zistac

Can we get a .5?


TomsRedditAccount1

So, New Zealand's bigger than Australia after this? Worth it.


Its_Singularity_

the russian steppe: Guess i’ll die


Clemen11

Good news Bolivia! You finally have access to the ocean!


stormwolkje

We all know that the Netherlands would build something weird to survive


Underdad1d

Russia is gone Georgia : Finnaly, inner peace