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wadi"watercourse," 1839, from Arabic wadi "seasonal watercourse," prop. participle of wada "it flowed." It forms the Guadal- in Spanish river names.
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wadideep channel or canyon, often dry except during flash floods. Also called an arroyo.
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wadiIn regions of the Middle East and North Africa, a stream bed or channel that only carries water during the rainy season. In the southwest United States, the equivalent terms would be arroyo or wash.
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wadisteep-sided valley or ravine in desert and semi-arid areas. Usually only contain streams during flash-floods associated with heavy storm events.
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wadiA deep sided ravine, accentuated by arid, blasting winds.
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wadi(n) gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season
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wadiA shallow, usually sharply defined depression in a desert region, frequently comprising a bed or valley of a stream that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis.
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wadiAn Arabic word for a deep gully or valley that is normally dry but contains water during the winter rainy season.
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wadi
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
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