Maldive Islands, Maldive Islands

If the large cities can be saved from the storms, then the Maldives can just go under the water one day. The highest point of the archipelago is about 2,4 meters above the sea level. The average high is just 1,5 meters. Male is the first city that will go under the water if the water level increases.

About 30 000 people live on the islands today. In the nearest time they have to leave these lands and look for the safer territories. Locals earn money only from the tourism industry. There have placed the world-known luxurious hotels, one of the cleanest, wonderful and romantic beaches of the planet. The government have already begun to buy the lands where locals will go before the islands go under the water. They began this program in 2008 and continue to give money for this.

Maldives has a lot of unique nature objects, they will also go under the water in case of the flood. Specialists have been working on the bright future of the islands. According to one source, Maldives will be fully flooded no sooner than in 100 years. However, not all forecasts are so optimistic. Many leading specialists say that in several decades the islands won’t be good for life. Maldives Archipelago has about 1 100 islands. The whole area is 90 000 square kilometres. Next - Kaliningrad region