Jordan is an excellent example of a country dealing with water scarcity. Due to the country's climate and lack of adequate rainfall and water sources, Jordan's water use vastly exceeds its available water resources. Geography Intern Paige Rushbrook wrote an article about water scarcity, with Jordan as the case study.

Contributing writer Emma Irving recently completed a course on geomatics, also commonly known as surveying, so she has written an overview of the topic of surveying so that we can learn more about that fascinating field. The career of surveyor, which she covers in her article, sounds like a natural fit for those with an interest in geography!

While most are familiar with the concept of river tributaries, the streams that feed into a larger river, there is a less-common situation where a river divides into smaller streams. This is known as bifurcation and the resulting streams are known as distributaries. Geography Intern Dimitar Zhelev tackles the concept of stream bifurcation and its three main types. (Image: The Nile River bifurcates in the famous Nile Delta. Getty Images.)

Here are a few of my favorite geographical news stories, culled from my continual postings on my Twitter feed:

• In 50 to 200 million years, the new super-continent of Amasia (a merger of North America and Asia) will converge around the North Pole, forming a successor continent to Pangea.
• China, the world's most populous country, is planning on building a super-mega-city of 42 million people that would be about twice the size of New Jersey.
• Geographer Martin Lewis wrote a series of posts about the Caucasus on his GeoCurrents blog. His latest asks the question, should the Caucasus be considered to be a separate geographic region?
• Also from GeoCurrents is an interesting article on the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. He writes about Sochi's less-than-ideal winter climate for the Olympic Games (especially since Sochi's average winter temperatures are well-above freezing). Here's a listing of past Winter Olympic Games cities, most of which are more climatically appropriate.
• Here's a strange one! Lawmakers in Azerbaijan are considering changing that country's name to North Azerbaijan. This change would upset Iran, which would then be home to South Azerbaijan.
• Maybe this is stranger? News sources are reporting that WikiLeaks is considering moving their Internet servers to the not-a-country abandoned oil platform known as Sealand. In case I wasn't clear: Sealand is not a country.