wadis

Three main wadis drain to the south and five to the west, ending in the plains of Talek and Tamesna.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Soils are sparse, mainly coarse sands, although in wadis and inundation zones there are often thick water-borne clay and silt deposits.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the

Letters to the Editor 2006

Many were the wounds he cleansed in wadis scattered over the

Letters to the Editor 2006

Saturday, filling formerly dry river beds known as wadis and causing them to overflow.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

In desert areas, the so-called wadis (dry valleys and rivers) can be very dangerous places because of their bad drainage and sudden inundation in case of heavy precipitations.

3. Design rules 1993

An example of basin irrigation using canals comes from Dar Masalit in east central Sudan, where people cultivate both rainy-season and dry-season gardens in the clay soils of dry streambeds, called wadis in Arabic. 10 Groups of people usually cooperate to dig a well and fence in an area against animals, then divide up the land inside the fence.

5. How plants live and grow 1991

In Zhari district, soldiers marched on foot, crossing pitch-black poppies fields and three-metre deep streams - known as wadis - throughout that night.

unknown title 2009

In such a dry landscape, perennial rivers, oases and ephemeral moist areas, such as wadis, are inevitably the focus of people and biodiversity.

Northern Africa and biodiversity 2008

Eggplant with Wadi: From Mika of "The Green Jackfruit" I finally learnt about those mysterious dried "wadis" that I had seen in Indian stores for so long without knowing what they are.

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