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

We found our way to a wide, gently sloping trail that wound for several miles along a wadi, or gorge.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2011

“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

The convoy, the motors growling their protests of the hard going even here at the gravel bottomed wadi river bed, made its way toward them at a pace of approximately twenty kilometers per hour.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack