Worth knowing
Kuwait
Kuwait has no permanent rivers, so it makes fresh water from the sea. Two of the three Kuwait Towers store 9,000 cubic metres of it, behind about 41,000 steel discs enamelled in blues, greens and greys.
Where its story happens
The Kuwait Towers, at 29.39°N, 48.00°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Kuwait
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Kuwait, at the head of the Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. See Kuwait on a map.
- It is a small, oil-rich country at the head of the Gulf, and its capital shares its name.
- Its best-known landmark is a group of three slim seafront towers with giant blue-green spheres that store water.
- Its name comes from an Arabic word for a small fort built near the water.
- One unit of its money is worth more than three US dollars, the highest value of any currency in the world.