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- noun Plural form of
wadi .
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Examples
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Three main wadis drain to the south and five to the west, ending in the plains of Talek and Tamesna.
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Soils are sparse, mainly coarse sands, although in wadis and inundation zones there are often thick water-borne clay and silt deposits.
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Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the
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Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the
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Saturday, filling formerly dry river beds known as wadis and causing them to overflow.
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In desert areas, the so-called wadis (dry valleys and rivers) can be very dangerous places because of their bad drainage and sudden inundation in case of heavy precipitations.
3. Design rules 1993
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An example of basin irrigation using canals comes from Dar Masalit in east central Sudan, where people cultivate both rainy-season and dry-season gardens in the clay soils of dry streambeds, called wadis in Arabic. 10 Groups of people usually cooperate to dig a well and fence in an area against animals, then divide up the land inside the fence.
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In Zhari district, soldiers marched on foot, crossing pitch-black poppies fields and three-metre deep streams - known as wadis - throughout that night.
unknown title 2009
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In such a dry landscape, perennial rivers, oases and ephemeral moist areas, such as wadis, are inevitably the focus of people and biodiversity.
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Eggplant with Wadi: From Mika of "The Green Jackfruit" I finally learnt about those mysterious dried "wadis" that I had seen in Indian stores for so long without knowing what they are.
Archive 2006-01-01 Nupur 2006
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