Definition of wadi
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: a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region
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Hayonim Cave in Western Galilee, Israel, overlooks the right bank of a large wadi a few miles from the Mediterranean shore.
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Origin and Etymology of wadi
Arabic wādi
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First Known Use: 1828
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
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