Environmental issues in Libya

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Environmental issues in Libya include desertification and very limited natural freshwater resources.

Annual rainfall averages only between 200 and 600 millimeters in the most arable portions of Libya. The Great Manmade River Project, designed to bring water from fossil aquifers beneath the Sahara, has no long-term viability because of the finite nature of the fossil reserves.

This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain.