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wadi
(redirected from Dry river beds)

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wadi, wady
a watercourse in N Africa and Arabia, dry except in the rainy season

wadi [′wäd·ē]
(geology)
In the desert regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa, a stream bed or channel, or a steep-sided ravine, gulley, or valley, which carries water only during the rainy season. Also spelled wady.


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Antonovich's district covers the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys, which have numerous bridges spanning dry river beds.
When traveling in Australia, never be tempted to sleep in dry river beds.
Photos of he planet show what appear to be dry river beds, stream channels and floodplains, which most researchers argue could not have formed in the thin atmosphere of the present.
 
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