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Wadi - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Abyss, Aqueduct, Beck, Bed, Bottom, Bottoms, Branch, Breach, Break, Brook, Burn, Canal, Canyon, Channel, Check, Chimney, Chink |
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A wadi is a dry riverbed that only contains water during times of heavy rain.
The term "Wadi" is very widely found in Arabic place names. Wadis tend to be associated with centers of human population because of the availability of sub-surface water.
In English the term "Wadi" is sometimes used interchangeably with "oasis", which is correct linguistically, although many geographers and cartographers consider it an inaccurate usage.
Crossing wide wadis at certain times of the year can be very dangerous, because of unexpected flash floods. Such flash floods cause numerous deaths each year in Saudi Arabia.
The North African equivalent term is oued, although it is also used to refer to true rivers.
List of Wadis
- Wadi Alei
- Wadi Allaqi, Aswan, Egypt
- Wadi Allaqi, Sudan
- Wadi abu-Hasah
- Wadi Alaui in Al Bahr a Ahmar
- Wadi Alku, Darfur, Sudan
- Wadi Arabah
- Wadi ash Sharqiyah, Sudan
- Wadi ash Shuqayq in Sudan
- Wadi al-Joz (cutting through Jerusalem)
- Wadi Digla
- Wadi El Assuti
- Wadi el-Gaab
- Wadi El Rayan
- Wadi Elei
- Wadi Hadhramaut
- Wadi Alfa
- Wadi Matruh
- Wadi ar-Rabsia
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Example Usage of Wadi |
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b0nkers: @MoneyMunot Have you ever gone through Wadi-al-Hilu on the way to Kalba? |
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jetsetmag: Jetset Culture : Exposition «Vendredi 13» de Wadi Mhiri, La Galerie Bel Art Du Mercredi 02 Décembre 2009 au Sa... http://bit.ly/4Vvnu3 |
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8leo: Wild Wadi looks sooo cool today...National Day celebrations http://yfrog.com/3ga2ybj |
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