wadi
Example Sentences
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The desert riverbed, or wadi, had already subsided back to a trickle.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023
A series of bridges had crossed the wadi, connecting the port area with the western side of the city.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023
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
Near the water the soldiers made us climb down to the first story of a small wadi, where we sheltered under a shelf of rock which overhangs the whole end of it.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Africa - Introductory
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Physical Geography - High School
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