Wadi facts for kids

A wadi in Oman

A wadi in the Negev, Israel

A Wadi is usually a valley, sometimes the bed of a river. The river that is part of the wadi only has water after heavy rain. Staying in a wadi can be a danger to life. This is because the water in a wadi can rise very quickly. Canyon is another name for it, used in other countries.

Images for kids

• 

  Wadis in northeastern Egypt, North Africa

• 

  Triassic wadi deposit near Ogmore-By-Sea, Wales. Clasts are Carboniferous Limestone.

• 

  Wadi Bani Khalid in the Northern Governorate of Ash-Sharqiyyah Region, Oman, Arabian peninsula

• 

  Oued Tissint, Morocco, North Africa

• 

  Dry fluvial channel cutting through columnar basalt in Namibia, southern Africa

• 

  The Al Bithnah Fort in the Wadi Ham, United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The Wadi Shawkah in the United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The Wadi Maydaq, in the United Arab Emirates.

• 

  Ruined farmhouse in the Wadi Helo, United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The Wadi Qor in the United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The Wadi Asimah in the United Arab Emirates.

• 

  A road washed away by the powerful winter flash floods of the Wadi Esfai, United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The Wadi Hayl in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

• 

  The important heritage site of Wadi Helo spans both Sharjah and Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

See also

In Spanish: Uadi para niños