Satellite image of Riyadh (upper centre), the capital city of Saudi Arabia, in 2000. North is at top. To the south and west of the city is the Wadi (v

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Satellite image of Riyadh (upper centre), the capital city of Saudi Arabia, in 2000. North is at top. To the south and west of the city is the Wadi (valley) Hanifa (dark green), which the city has spread across. To the north of the city is King Khalid International Airport, which opened in 1983. The dark green round areas are fields irrigated by centre-pivot irrigation systems. Image obtained by the thematic mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite on 23rd January 2000. For images showing the growth of Riyadh from 1979 to 2016 see C036/8226 to C036/8230. C036/8196 shows Riyadh in 1972.

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