Hydronym Hysteria

By nature, bodies of water are shared spaces. In the Mediterranean, the same waters that wash the shores of Spain cool the beaches of Beirut; on the savannah, the watering hole quenches the thirst of zebras and lions alike; the Amazon indiscriminately irrigates the soil of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. Throughout history, however, various groups have tried to lay claim to waters...