Wadi

The Wadi (Arabic الوادي, DMG al -wadi, indeterminate واد / Wadin; French oued; Spanish Barranco ) denotes a dried river in a dry valley in the desert areas of North Africa, the Near East and part of Spain. Wadis gives temporary water only after heavy rains. In wadis with a large catchment area can also be a lot of kilometers distant thunder lead to a surprising and sudden water rise. Staying in wadis with mostly steep banks may therefore be life-threatening.

Term

In Malta, the related term wied is needed. The local Wied ( " wadis " ) normally result in the winter and water are heavily overgrown, dry in the summer but from. In the southwest of Africa such dry rivers are called rivier, Barranco in Australia creek, arroyo in Latin America and in Spanish.

Known wadis

• Al- Wadi al -Ahmar (Libya)
• Wadi al - Hitan (Egypt)
• Wadi Darbat ( Dhofar region in Oman)
• Wadi Dinar ( Libya)
• Wadi Djedi (Algeria)
• Wadi Draa (Morocco )
• Wadi Fira (Chad)
• Wadi Halfa (Sudan)
• Wadi Hadramaut (Yemen)
• Wadi Hammamat (Egypt)
• Wadi Musa (Jordan)
• Wadi Mujib (Jordan)
• Wadi Nisnas (Israel )
• Wadi Rayan (Egypt)
• Wadi Rum ( Jordan)
• Wadi Sura ( Gilf el -Kebir )
• Wadi Tafna (Algeria)
• Wadi Tharthar (Iraq)
• Wadi Tumilat (Egypt)
• Wadi el- Hol ( Egypt)
• Wadi Najran (Saudi Arabia)