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  • noun Plural form of wadi.

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Examples

  • Three main wadis drain to the south and five to the west, ending in the plains of Talek and Tamesna.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • Soils are sparse, mainly coarse sands, although in wadis and inundation zones there are often thick water-borne clay and silt deposits.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the

    Letters to the Editor 2006

  • Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the

    Letters to the Editor 2006

  • Saturday, filling formerly dry river beds known as wadis and causing them to overflow.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • 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

  • 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.

    5. How plants live and grow 1991

  • 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

  • In such a dry landscape, perennial rivers, oases and ephemeral moist areas, such as wadis, are inevitably the focus of people and biodiversity.

    Northern Africa and biodiversity 2008

  • 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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