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Wadi Al Hijar

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Wadi Al Hijar or Wadi Al-Hijr is a wadi in Ad Dhahirah Region, in northeastern Oman. Its eastern branch flows past the ancient settlement of Bat. In the late 1980s the wadi suffered from 'once- in-a-lifetime' floods in the upstream, with a devastating impact on irrigation, agriculture and settlements.

Flows through: Oman.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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