wadi

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

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023

"If a huge flood happens the result will be catastrophic for the people of the wadi and the city," wrote hydrologist Abdelwanees A. R. Ashoor of Libya's Omar Al-Mukhtar University.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 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

Probably, the sun had killed the pony, and Nicetas was crouched in some wadi waiting to be rescued.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

The results showed the tools were likely to have been used approximately 84 thousand years ago and then abandoned on the banks of the wadis and subsequently buried over time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023

Access to the area is expected to be difficult after the rainy season starts because large streams, known as wadis, are set to cut it off from supplies.

From Reuters ● May 23, 2023

As we crossed a few dried-out wadis, or rivers, on our way to Borota, raindrops appeared and puddles began to form.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

The sediment layers include muddy, silty deposits from roaring rivers called wadis that form in the desert during once-every-quarter-century rains.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2022

The High Hall of the Arryns was aglow with the light of fifty torches, burning in the sconces along the wadis.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin