My Eco Movie One

Lands that Could Flood in our Lifetime

North America

• The Florida Peninsula sits flat and low-lying, and could flood due to gravity.
• The Bahamas Banks sit directly in the path of hurricanes.
• The Mississippi River Delta is losing more and more landmass to the ocean every year, this could force ocean water to push into Louisiana itself.
• The Delmarva Peninsula sits almost entirely at sea level; this means that the entire state of Delaware, plus good large areas of Maryland and Virginia, could be submerged quite quickly.
• Long Island and Cape Cod were formed through glaciation thus have no solid bedrock.
• San Francisco basin sees water levels rise which each powerful storm, as water rushes in from the bay. 

South America

• The Amazon River has deeply eroded its basin which has created a vast flood delta at its mouth; this in turn pushes seawater  inwards to form a bow.
• Paraná and Uruguay Rivers could flood Buenos Aires in Argentina due to the same process.
• Another weak point in South America is Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Africa

• Senegal, Mauritius, Guinea Bissau, and Gambia coastal lowlands around Senegal and Gambia Rivers.
• Inland Depressions in the Mediterranean Coast – Tunisia’s Chott el Jherid, Libya’s Sabkhah al Qunayyin, and Egypt’s Qattara Depression.

Europe

• The Poe Valley in Italy is threatening to submerge Venice in its entirety.
• Istanbul sits directly in the rising sea levels of the Black Sea.

• Netherlands lowlands, Ireland, and the Jutland Peninsula islands.

Asia

• The land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers in Iraq.
• Bangladesh.
• The Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia.
• The Brahmaputra, Mahgna and Ganges river delta in India.
• Around the Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya, and Mekong River delta- Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• The Yellow, Pearl, and the Yangtze River delta in China.

Australia

• Parts of Central and West Australia. 
• Indonesian Islands in particular Java Island.