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
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
To me, the discovery of a woodman in the wadi were as pleasing as the discovery of a woodchuck or a woodswallow or a woodbine.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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