wadi

Example Sentences

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A series of bridges had crossed the wadi, connecting the port area with the western side of the city.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

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

Few outsiders have entered the wadi since the American academic Joseph J. Hobbs visited while researching his book “Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness,” in the early 1980s.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2022

“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

Finally they pulled up beside a larger than usual wadi and Omar ben Crawf stared thoughtfully out over it.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack