Where is the source the Zamzam water comes from?
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in saudi arabia(no where else\nThe Well of Zamzam (or the Zamzam Well, or just Zamzam; Arabic: زمزم) is a well located within the Masjid al Haram in Mecca, near the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam.\nHistory\nMuslims believe that the well was revealed to Hagar, a wife of Abraham (known to Muslims as Ibrahim). She was was desperately seeking water for her infant son Ishmael, but could find none. Mecca is located in a hot dry valley with few other sources of water. Muslim traditions say that Hagar ran seven times back and forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and Marwa, looking for water. God then sent the angel Gabriel, who scraped the ground, causing the spring to appear. On finding the spring, Hagar confined the pool of water with sand and stones. Other versions of the story say Ishmael scraped the ground with his heel and the ZamZam appeared.\n\nThe grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Abdul Muttalib, is said to have rediscovered the well after it had been neglected and had filled with sand. He became the guardian of the well, charged with maintaining it and serving the Arabs who came to Mecca on pilgrimage (as was done even in pre-Islamic times).\n\nAcademic historians doubt these stories, but do believe that the well might well have been important to the pre-Islamic inhabitants of Mecca, and perhaps one of the reasons that Mecca had become a pilgrimage site and trading center.\n[edit]\n\nTechnical information\n\nZamzam well is 30 meters deep. Depth to water is 3.23 meters. There are some springs contributing to the well at approximately 13 meters below surface.\n\nA pumping test at 8000 liters/second for more than a 24 hour period showed a drop in water level from 3.23 meters below surface to 12.72 meters and then to 13.39 meters, after which the water level stopped to recede. Water level recovered to 3.9 meters below surface just 11 minutes after pumping had stopped. The aquifer feeding the well seems to recharge from rock fractures in neighboring mountains around Mecca.\n[edit]\n\nZamzam today\nZamzam water dispenser at the Grand Mosque\nEnlarge\nZamzam water dispenser at the Grand Mosque\n\nThe story of Hagar and the divine origin of the Zamzam well is commemorated in the Islamic rites of pilgrimage, the Umrah and the Hajj. Like Hagar, pilgrims run between the hills of Safa and Marwa seven times.\n\nMany Muslims believe that the water of the Zamzam well is divinely blessed (it is believed to satisfy both hunger and thirst, and cure illness) and make every effort to drink of this water during their pilgrimage. The water is served to the public through coolers stationed throughout the Masjid al Haram in Mecca and the Masjid al Nabawi in Medina. Pilgrims also fill water canisters from special taps, to take home as gifts for relatives and friends, and also dip their pilgrimage clothes, ihram, in the water. The inhram are preserved to serve as burial clothes when the pilgrim dies; thus he or she will go to the grave touched by the Zamzam water.\n\nAs the Muslim population of the world has grown, and air travel has made the Hajj more accessible to them, the Hajj is increasingly crowded. There can be up to four million pilgrims performing the Hajj. There is increasing concern that the Zamzam Well may not be able to provide enough water to satisfy all demands. The Saudi Geological Survey has set up a Zamzam Studies and Research Centre, which is charged with keeping the Zamzam water both hygienic and plentiful.\n\nThere have been some attempts to scientifically validate Muslim beliefs regarding the special nature of Zamzam water. The water is said to contain high levels of some minerals: calcium, magnesium, and fluoride.
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I think China. It's part of the Opium plant. Or at least it's chemical structure is broken down from the Opium plant.
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its located in Australia but here are some other things:\n\n\nLake Eyre, a great salt lake of tectonic origin, lies asymmetrically in the south-western corner of the closed inland drainage basin in the heart of the Australian continent. With an area of 1,140,000 km2, Lake Eyre Basin is the largest Australian drainage division apart from the Western Plateau and is one of the largest areas of internal drainage in the world. The lake, whose lowest parts lie 15.2 m below sea level, consists of two sections. Lake Eyre North, 144 km long and 77 km wide, is joined by the narrow Goyder Channel to Lake Eyre South, which is 64 km long and 24 km in width. Not so long ago it was considered to be permanently dry, but the last forty years have witnessed some twenty flood events, with the most spectacular fillings occurring in 1950, 1974 and 1984. \nThe deepest region of Lake Eyre North is the eastern part of Belt Bay in which bottom levels were found the lowest point on the Australian continent. The floor of the lake is very flat, therefore the definition of the exact location is rather difficult. The shores of the lake are well defined and consist of sand dunes, cliffs of eroded gypseous loam or low rocky escarpments. The south-eastern coastline, which consists of sand cliffs, is being rapidly cut back, with an erosion rate in the order of 5 m per flooding. \nTrustworthy data on the filling of Lake Eyre South are reported for the floodings of 1938, 1955, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1984. In 1984 Lake Eyre South overflowed to Lake Eyre North. In 1974 water flowed from Lake Eyre North to Lake Eyre South between March and October when an equilibrium level was obtained. Large quantities of salt, estimated at 30 million tons (7.5% of Lake Eyre North content), were transferred into Lake Eyre South during this event, creating, in its lowest portion, a salt crust up to 290 mm thick for the first time on record. \nThe vast catchment areas of the lakes are only marginally desert and as such are very responsive to even slight variations of rainfall. Considering the long term trends of climatic change is therefore essential. Almost all the non-desert parts of the Lake Eyre Basin area are used for low-intensity grazing of sheep for wool and beef cattle. The very variable rainfall is the most important factor for provision of feed, and low rainfall seasons determine stocking rates. Grazing capacity is directly related to the distribution of artesian wells and excavated tanks. The area of irrigated agriculture is insignificant and restricted to pasture on lands bordering other divisions
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there are no simple solutions to the problems in africa. some problems with your solution are: how can people transport such large amounts of water? where will it come from? who will pay for it? will the country be expected to pay it back? etc.
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This site has useful information.\nhttp://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/atlas_html/foreword/internationalAgreements.html
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Most of the water resources goes towards farming.  Already the Colorado River in the US and the Yellow River in China no longer make it to the sea.  (this is what they mean when they say the Nile will run dry... we divert more and more water, taking it away from ecosystems downstream.)\n\nConservation helps, but better farming irrigation techniques and eating less meat is crucial as the world population continues to grow exponentially.  70% of all fresh water goes to farming and the majority of the produce goes to feed livestock!  The UN recently did a report on water resources and they estimated that for every 1 lb of beef it takes 7 lbs. of feed grain, which takes 7,000 lbs. of water to grow.  The water that goes to make the corn could used to feed more people with 7 lbs of vegetables and beans than 1 lb of steak.  This is not to say that we all must become vegans, but if we all ate one less meal with meat a week it would make a tremendous difference!  "Pass up one hamburger, and you'll save as much water as you save by taking 40 showers with a low-flow nozzle." \n\nHere's an article that has some good statistics about the Nile:\nhttp://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Eco/EEch2_ss6.htm\n\nIt says " Another river that is leading to sleepless nights is the Nile, because its waters must be allocated not among provinces, as in China, but among countries. Ten countries share the Nile River basin, but just three—Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia—dominate. Eighty-five percent of the Nile's flow originates in Ethiopia, but the lion's share is used by Egypt. Most of the rest is used in Sudan. Once the claims of these two countries are satisfied, little water is left when it enters the Mediterranean"
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Water is created by burning hydrogen.
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Hot water is taken from hot springs and used to run turbines.  Normal use of coal or petroleum in making electricity involves boiling water and running the steam through a turbine, but in the case of geothermal heating, your water is already boiling.
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being native to the Lake Chad, Congo, Nile, Senegal, Volta, and other river basins. It also occurs in the brackish waters of Lake Maryut in Egypt.
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The nile river\nIt start from victoria and end in the Medeteranien see
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If you think about it, the "source" of a river is not a real thing; It's just a single spot in the water cycle. Rain falls, collects, runs into streams, runs into rivers, run to a lake or an ocean, evapourates into clouds, and goes round again.  You could argue that anywhere in this cycle is a starting point, or nowhere.  Gravity & evapouration are driving this cycle.  In the same way, winds are just air moving from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure. What causes these differences in pressure is what starts the winds a-blowing.  Some of the factors involved are temperature changes in the oceans, and the friction of the atmosphere against the earth as it turns.
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The Nile.  In Africa.
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It's a plant with deep roots that draws its water supply from a water table.
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Mali is a landlocked nation with the Niger River running through it - The Niger River is in seriously bad condition due to climate, over-population, pollutants, silt, and water hyacinth (an aquatic weed).  Problems arise when Mali does get it's small amount of rainfall as the people are then threatened by water-born diseases such as cholera.  The river is diminshing rapidly and the water is unsafe to drink
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water. it's the creator of life.
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what water? where?\na2a
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The Ogallala aquifer located in the midwestern United States is believed to be the world's largest aquifer.\n\nThis aquifer is named after a Sioux Indian tribe. It is estimated to be more than two million years old and to hold about 650 trillion gallons (2,500 trillion liters)! It underlies parts of eight states, stretching about 800 miles (1,288 km) from South Dakota to\nTexas. The Ogallala aquifer supplies vast amounts of water to irrigate the crops in this vitally important agricultural area.\n\nThe Guaraní Aquifer System (GAS), perhaps, is the world’s second largest fresh groundwater reservoirs, due to its extent and volume. It underlies portions of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, stretching over an area of approximately 1.2 million km2, with almost 15 million inhabitants. The capacity of the GAS is estimated at around 40,000 km3.