wadi

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In a research paper published last year, hydrologist Abdelwanees A. R. Ashoor of Libya's Omar Al-Mukhtar University said repeated flooding of the seasonal riverbed, or wadi, was a threat to Derna.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

Umm al-Hiran lies in a wadi, or small valley, not far from the large town of Beersheba at the top end of the Negev desert.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2012

One last stretch of exposed terrain remained, a shallow wadi we had crossed to get to Devon Hill.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2012

“It shows a very strong sensitivity to the geology in the choice of colors for the rock, and also in the little colored spots that represent the gravel on the wadi floor,” Harrell said.

From National Geographic

We encamped on the opposite side of the wadi from the town of Arrawa, which is perched on a raised plateau of earth banks.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore