Can you name the countries that would not be affected by a sea level rise of 100 metres? by HiddenPalace

Can you name the countries that would not be affected by a sea level rise of 100 metres?

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Source: The World, if the sea levels rose by 100 metres
By definition, all the countries are landlocked. This should help.
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Non-affected countries by 100m sea rise Quiz

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	sconeyj:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 00:29 GMT	3 points
	Good quiz, was really searching for land-locked countries. You spelt Zimbabwe wrong, might wanna correct that.

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	dancastro:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 00:59 GMT	5 points
	It seems incredible that Nepal and Bhutan, being in the Himalayas, have some parts with an elevation of less than 100 meters. (Of course I tried both with no results). But it's true. In the case of Bhutan, I had to zoom very close in Google Earth to find some place under that level, but yes, there is a river next to the southern boundary where the elevation is only 98 meters.

	Dobbins:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 01:28 GMT	3 points
	I was sure you had made a mistake when Bolivia didn't show up, but you seem to be correct. I did not know that.

	cthulhu:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 01:38 GMT	1 point
	I really don't want to buy this (Bolivia, Nepal, Bhutan!) but the scientist in me forces me to acquiesce to facts. However, I'd have also/instead cited the CIA World Factbook, which gives you concrete numbers for elevations.

	dancastro:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 01:59 GMT	5 points
	The case of Bolivia is like that of Bhutan: there is a very small (almost negligible) part of the country, in a river in the border with Brazil, where the elevation is about 90 meters. If the flood happened, it wouldn't really do much harm. It's more, simply by walking some hundred feet away from the banks of that river you could escape from the danger. But, strictly speaking, Nepal, Bhutan and Bolivia are countries with some portion under 100 meters and the quiz is correct.

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	chriskotx:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 10:07 GMT	4 points
	Can you do another one on the countries that wont be affected by another Ice Age? (facetious tone)

	Hazl:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 10:37 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz! Just a comment on the map you linked to: why do some lakes seem to expand (Caspian Sea) some remain the same (Great Lakes) and some dry out completely (Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika)? The two latter could be just because they forgot to color them blue, but there isn't any reason to increase the Caspian that massively, is there? It's not at all connected to the ocean...

	Hazl:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 10:40 GMT	3 points
	Also, what's with the new lakes appearing in Australia, Russia, Hungary? It's not like every place on Earth with an elevation less than 100m is gonna fill up with water...

	BoomRShine:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 13:56 GMT	4 points
	I did a quiz back in June for U.S. states, in case anyone is interested. http://www.sporcle.com/games/BoomRShine/states_surviving_global_melt

	GeoFan1:	Aug 5th, 2010 at 14:27 GMT	-1 points
	@Hazl: Regarding the Caspian Sea, its surface elevation is -28m, and it is already connected to the sea/ocean via rivers and canals. It would expand tremendously. Regarding the Great Lakes, four of the five Great Lakes have surface elevations of 174+m, so they are not in danger of flooding with melt water. The fifth, Lake Ontario, is only 75m, so it would expand a little. You can see this on the close up map of the east coast of the United States: http://vrstudio.buffalo.edu/~depape/warming/EastCoast100-4800.jpg

	VladKirr:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 01:13 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz! I'm a slightly puzzled to find Luxembourg here but not Nepal, Bhutan or Bolivia. Or Swaziland and Mali even but I'm guessing it'll be something to do with how access to the sea isn't impaired by high-range mountains all around (although that doesn't really explain Bhutan - or Luxembourg).

	Riko:	Aug 6th, 2010 at 01:16 GMT	2 points
	Luxembourg?! But its one of the 'Low Countries'. [Looked it up, lowest point is 133m. Low country my butt!]

	Tabasco:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 21:49 GMT	2 points
	@Geofan1: the Caspian sea is endorheic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorheic)