Wadis synonyms

From the inner slopes of the plateau numerous wadis take a direction towards the Sahara.

It is probable that certain rudely chipped flints, so-called eoliths, in the alluvial gravels (formed generally at the mouth of wadis opening on to the Nile) at Thebes and elsewhere, are the work of primitive man; but it has been shown that such are produced also by natural forces in the rush of torrents.

It is a rugged, rocky, barren waste, scored with khors or wadis, along whose beds there is scanty vegetation.

The rest of the tributaries are wadis, dry except after rains.

Though there are no perennial rivers, there are watercourses (khors or wadis) in the rainy season; the chief being the Khor Abu Habl, which traverses the southcentral region.