"Uncovering Hidden Water Reserves: The Secret Beneath the Sand"
The Kufrah district in southern Libya, located in the Sahara Desert, holds a vast fossil aquifer and remnants of dried rivers beneath its arid surface. The region's farmland in Al Jawf is irrigated using water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer, which dates back thousands of years when the area had a more temperate climate. The Great Man-Made River, one of the world's largest irrigation projects, supplies 70 percent of Libya's water by transporting fossil water from the aquifer to major cities along the Mediterranean coast.