Concept information
Preferred term
Wadi
Definition(s)
- The bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis; a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region [Merriam Web Collegiate]; In certain Arabic-speaking countries, a ravine or valley which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; the stream or torrent running through such a ravine [OED]
Synonym(s)
- Gulleys, wadi
- Nahat
- Ravines, wadi
- Riverbeds, wadi
- Valleys, wadi
- Wady
- Washes, wadi
- Watercourses, wadi
Notation
- 122308
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-K6MWRJT0-B
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