YLE – Transboundary River Basins in Asia and Africa: Hotspots of Water Disputes

This map, created by Harri Vähäkangas / Yle using MapCreator and OpenStreetMap, shows a stylized globe with a focus on Eurasia and northeastern Africa, marking major transboundary rivers that are often the source of international water disputes.

The rivers and regions highlighted (in Finnish) are:

Niili (Nile) – Northeastern Africa (e.g., Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia)

Eufrat ja Tigris (Euphrates and Tigris) – Middle East (e.g., Iraq, Syria, Turkey)

Kura-Araks -jokilaakso (Kura-Aras river valley) – Caucasus region (e.g., Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)

Amudarja (Amu Darya) – Central Asia (e.g., Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan)

Indus – South Asia (primarily India and Pakistan; subject of major disputes)

Mekong – Southeast Asia (e.g., Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand)

Each river is marked with a red dot and labeled with a black text box. The globe is tilted to highlight Eurasia and northern Africa, emphasizing the regional scope of shared water resources and associated tensions.