A dry riverbed or valley in a desert region that carries water only during and immediately after a rare rainfall event, remaining dry for most of the year. Wadis can flood suddenly and dangerously when distant rainfall sends a flash flood down a channel that appeared completely dry only hours before, and they have long served as natural travel routes through otherwise difficult desert terrain.
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Wikidata: Wadi
Wikidata Q31243406, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wadi (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Deposition and Sedimentation, Formation statement for target 23658Quote, Shaped By: Deposition and Sedimentation, Formation statement for target 23658
Water percolates down into the stream bed, causing an abrupt loss of energy and resulting in vast deposition.
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