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List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates

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The United Arab Emirates does not have any permanent rivers, but does have wadis, a permanently or intermittently dry riverbed. This is a list of wadis in United Arab Emirates arranged by drainage basin.

Persian Gulf

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Gulf of Oman

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Interior

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See also

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References

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  13. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Haqil
  14. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Kirībā
  15. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Naqab
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  17. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Raḩbah
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  30. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Hām
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  34. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ḩattā
  35. ^ "Mindat.org - Wādī Ḩayl, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates|". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
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  37. ^ "Mindat.org - Wādī al Ḩulū, United Arab Emirates|". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
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  39. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī al Ḩuwaybīţ, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  40. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Madha, United Arab Emirates
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  42. ^ "Wādī al Qūr wadi, United Arab Emirates". ae.geoview.info. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  43. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī al Qūr
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  47. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Shī
  48. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Thayb, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  49. ^ "Mindat.org - Wādī Wamm, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates|". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
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  53. ^ UNESCO - Wadi Wurayah
  54. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Wurayyah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  55. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Zikt
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  57. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī ‘Arūs
  58. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī ‘Asimah
  59. ^ ae.geoview.info - Wādī ‘Ashwānī
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  62. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī ‘Ayīm, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  63. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Baqarah
  64. ^ Wādī Bārid, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  65. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Barut
  66. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Bū Faraj, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
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  70. ^ "Mindat.org - Wādī al Fay', Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates|". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  71. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ghalan, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  72. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ghayl, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  73. ^ Mindat.org - Ghulayyil Khūn, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  74. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Ḩalḩal
  75. ^ "مليونا متر مكعب سعة خزان وادي نقب - Two million cubic meters capacity of the Wadi Negev reservoir |". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  76. ^ "سكان في الفحلين يطالبون بحل جذري يحميهم من خطر وادي نقب - Residents of Al-Fahlin demand a radical solution that protects them from the danger of the Negev Valley |". www.emaratalyoum.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  77. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Halū
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  81. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Hubayb, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  82. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Jib
  83. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Khabb
  84. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Khabb
  85. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī al Kharīs, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  86. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī al Khārī
  87. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī al Khurūsh, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  88. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Kūb
  89. ^ - Mindat.org - Wādī Limarit
  90. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Litibah
  91. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Madnan
  92. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Madnan
  93. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Mamdūḩ, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  94. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Maydaq
  95. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Mayy
  96. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Madnah, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  97. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Milāḩ, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  98. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Muhaylī
  99. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Munay‘ī, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  100. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Murtaqam, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  101. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Mu‘tariḑah
  102. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Naqat
  103. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Qada‘ah
  104. ^ - Wādī Riyāmah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  105. ^ Geoview.info - Wadi Saham
  106. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Saham
  107. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Sall, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  108. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Sayraq, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  109. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Sinnah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  110. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Shāh
  111. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Shakhkh, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  112. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Shawkah
  113. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Shīş, Umm al Qaywayn, United Arab Emirates
  114. ^ Mindat.org - Wadi Sījī
  115. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Shīşah
  116. ^ - Wādī Shuway
  117. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Sidr
  118. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Sidr
  119. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Sifūnī, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  120. ^ Geoview.info - Wādī Tarabat
  121. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ţawīyayn, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  122. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Tawāh, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
  123. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Umm al Ghāt, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
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  125. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Wa‘bayn, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  126. ^ - Mindat.org - Wādī Wayqah, United Arab Emirates
  127. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ghushaymah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates
  128. ^ "Mindat.org - Wādī Z̧aḩah, Al Fujayrah, United Arab Emirates|". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  129. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Zaybāt, Musandam, Oman
  130. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Zuqaybah, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates