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Wadi Al Kharas

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Wadi Al Kharas, also known as Wadi Lakharas (Wādī Likhras) is a valley or dry river with ephemeral or intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the emirates of Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah, in the east of the United Arab Emirates. It is a tributary of the Wadi Khabb and a sub-tributary of Wadi Tawiyean, to whose 208 km2 (80 mi2) hydrographic basin it belongs.

Flows through: United Arab Emirates.

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

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