wadi

noun wa·di \ˈwä-dē\

Definition of WADI

: the bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis : gully, wash

: a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region

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Origin of WADI

Arabic wādi

First Known Use: 1828

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with WADI

body, cloddy, gaudy, Mahdi, noddy, shoddy, toddy, waddy

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