wadis in English

noun
1
(in certain Arabic-speaking countries) a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.
In the Gaza Strip, runoff water is collected in small wadis and valleys within the area.

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1. This is crossed by a number of wadis and has several oases.

2. The wadis and labyrinthine Afghan compounds, with their metre - thick walls, provide excellent cover.

3. Still today Cappadocia inspires one to listen in prayer through its silent geology of secret wadis and historic habitation

4. 14 The Ahaggar massif was apparently one of the chief watersheds, for enormous wadis radiate from it in all directions.