Editing Kuwait City (section)

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of Kuwait}}
[[File:ISS041-E-81348 - View of Kuwait.jpg|thumb|Satallite image showing the extent of Kuwait City metropolitan area]]

Kuwait City is located on [[Kuwait Bay]], a natural deep-water harbor. Ninety percent of Kuwait's population live within the Kuwait Bay coast. The country is generally low-lying, with the highest point being {{convert|306|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[above sea level]].<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ |title=Kuwait |website=[[The World Factbook]] |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=10 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110072824/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has [[List of islands of Kuwait|nine islands]], all of which, with the exception of [[Failaka Island]], are uninhabited.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-82709/Bubiyan |title=Bubiyan (island, Kuwait) |access-date=28 June 2010 |archive-date=10 December 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081210093103/http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-82709/Bubiyan |url-status=live }}</ref> With an area of {{convert|860|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}, [[Bubiyan Island|Bubiyan]] is the largest island in Kuwait and is connected to the rest of the country by a {{convert|2380|m|ft|adj=mid|-long|0}} bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000613 |title=Structurae [en&#93;: Bubiyan Bridge (1983) |website=En.structurae.de |date=19 October 2002 |access-date=28 June 2010 |archive-date=28 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428185717/http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000613 |url-status=live }}</ref> The land area <!-- Kuwait's or Bubiyan Island's? --> is considered arable<ref name=cia /> and sparse vegetation is found along its {{convert|499|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}{{dubious||date=July 2023 |reason= Coastline paradox — 499 km measured how? Improper rounding/double unit conversion?}} coastline.<ref name=cia />

Kuwait's [[Burgan field]] has a total capacity of approximately {{convert|70|Goilbbl|m3}} of proven oil reserves. During the 1991 [[Kuwaiti oil fires]], more than 500 oil lakes were created covering a combined surface area of about {{convert|35.7|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|first=Daniel |last=Pendick |title=Kuwaiti Oil Lakes |encyclopedia=Encarta |url=http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_761594234/Kuwaiti_Oil_Lakes.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101114016/http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_761594234/Kuwaiti_Oil_Lakes.html |archive-date= 1 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The resulting [[soil contamination]] due to oil and soot accumulation had made eastern and south-eastern parts of Kuwait uninhabitable. Sand and oil residue had reduced large parts of the Kuwaiti desert to semi-asphalt surfaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.american.edu/ted/kuwait.htm |title=The Economic and Environmental Impact of the Gulf War on Kuwait and the Persian Gulf |publisher=American University |access-date=28 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219043510/http://www1.american.edu/ted/kuwait.htm |archive-date=19 December 2010 }}</ref> The oil spills during the Gulf War also drastically affected Kuwait's marine resources.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kuwait (country) |encyclopedia=Encarta |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563200_2/Kuwait_(country).html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021011805/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563200_2/Kuwait_(country).html |archive-date=21 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all |access-date=4 July 2011 }}</ref>