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Chand Bawri with intricate symmetries is a mathematical wonder and a visual delight (Credit: Marc Guitard/Getty Images)
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The 'inverted fortresses' for water

By Feza Tabassum Azmi

Drought combined with reduced river flows due to dams further upstream are starving the marshlands in Iraq's Ahwar region of water (Credit: Asaad Niazi/AFP/Getty Images)
Water
The growing threat of water wars
By Sandy Milne
High in the Andes, a bofedale, or cushion bog, helps hold water year-round and help to supply downstream areas, including Lima, during the dry season (Credit: Erica Gies)
Future Planet
The pre-Incan invention revived by Peru
By Erica Gies
A family walks across the stiff dried crust of salt on what used to be the body of Lake Urmia, Iran's famous salt lake and tourist spot (Credit: Solmaz Daryani)
Future Planet
The return of a once-dying lake
By Peter Schwartzstein
Flooding is a regular part of life in Dhaka, but the city is being adapted to survive the more extreme floods of the future (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Planet
The nation learning to embrace flooding
By Aysha Imtiaz
Without water the human body quickly starts to shutdown and our organs fail (Credit: Getty Images)
Worst Case Scenario
How long can you survive without water?
By Abigail Beall
Large shallow wells expose aquifers close to the surface, which are easily topped up by the rains (Credit: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)
Future Planet
The city digging a million wells
By Ramya Coushik
In the Malian Sahara Desert, a lack of water fuels community discord (Credit: Alamy)
Future Planet
The water wars of the Sahara Desert
By Soumaila Diarra
The amount of water we use in our homes can make a big contribution to our carbon footprint (Credit: Getty Images/Javier Hirschfeld)
Smart Guide to Climate Change
The hidden cost of your daily water use
By Christine Ro
Despite being famous for its rainy climate, London and the south of England may soon run dry (Credit: Getty)
In Depth
Wet European countries are running dry
By Tim Smedley
Delhi's slums rely upon regular tankers to deliver water to the residents but shortages and disputes can interrupt the supply (Credit: Getty Images)
Best of BBC Future
The city running out of water
By Lou Del Bello
The plans to haul icebergs across the world's oceans come from decades of research (Credit: Getty Images)
Future Now
The plans to haul icebergs to Africa
By Tim Smedley
Children in Dorze, Ethiopia, sit around the Warka Tower, which can collect drinking water from moisture from the air (Credit: Warka Water)
In Depth
The enormous lakes in the air
By Tim Smedley
A boy goes crabbing in a Louisiana bayou; the state makes up one-quarter of the US crab industry (Credit: Getty Images)
Best of BBC Future
How to save Louisiana from drowning
By Amanda Ruggeri
(Credit: Taylor Weidman)
Water
The country that saved a sea
By Dene-Hern Chen
Water ensures political stability because countries must share bordering water sources and export crops and food that require water to grow (Credit: Getty Images)
Grand Ideas
Could we tap water from thin air?
By Bryan Lufkin