Thesaurus results for WADI

wadi

noun

Definition of wadi

as in gully

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Recent Examples of wadi On the way to the wadi, visitors can detour to the ruins of the frankincense capital of Samharam or drive up Jebel Samhan for a view of the clouds and a Baobao forest. — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026 New geophysical surveys and coring of the wadi would shed more light on the hydrological aspects of the area, while other surveys might reveal where the eastward tunnels of the pyramid lead. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024 The fresh air, the space while clambering over rocks in a wadi, or valley, and the austere style of the Bear Grylls camp appears for now to offer the opposite of that. — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020 Another of Bogaczewicz’s photographs captures a Saudi family having a picnic under a highway overpass, much as their bedouin ancestors might have stopped their caravansary by a desert wadi to have a meal. — Wired, 26 Nov. 2019 Laughter of couples crossing the lawn, sinking into the darkness of the wadi. — Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wadi

Noun

Sarah’s partner Elijah, Karissa and I continued up into the mountains, scrambling over loose rocks to get closer to a gully carved into the side of a mountain towering behind the pools.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

Definition of gully

Noun

Grassroots organizers also say the first wave of notices did not reach many residents who live on one side of the arroyo and were distributed only in English.

— Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Her soon-to-be husband waited for her where the arroyo opened to the road.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of arroyo

Noun

The modest trench that once plagued the Galaxy Z Fold series' inner display is virtually gone.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
Crews have welded in new steel pipe, tested for leaks and begun preparing the 25-foot-deep trench for backfilling, concrete slurry, asphalt and water-quality checks before traffic can return.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of trench

Noun

Both vehicles went into a nearby ravine and the tree line, a police report said.

— Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
On the steel side, Phantom’s Revenge turns 25, still dropping riders 232 feet into the ravine at speeds around 85 mph and earning national attention as a USA TODAY 10Best‑nominated coaster.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of ravine

Noun

His Portuguese-immigrant father, Miguel, moved to the gorge in 1984, when tourism in the area was practically unheard of.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2026
Tallulah Gorge State Park, Georgia The centerpiece of this popular state park is a gorge that’s two miles long and almost 1,000 feet deep.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Definition of gorge

Noun

Until a few years ago, much of the city’s sewage was released untreated into the Ganges via public drains, or nullahs, which discharged along the same bank as the ghats, where people habitually bathe.

— Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
The project involves the diversion of a nullah which is a lifeline for the area.

— Manish Chandra Mishra, Quartz, 10 June 2021

Definition of nullah

Noun

Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.

— Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Atop that mesa, hidden in a sandstone coulee, our campfire burned a hole in the darkness.

— Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2020