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

"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

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

This wadi, which is some 63 m. long, obtains water by percolation from the Nile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various