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Wadi Ar Ribiyyah

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Wadi Ar Ribiyyah (Wādī Ar R̄biyyah) is a valley or dry river, with ephemeral or intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the east of the United Arab Emirates, in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. It is part of a group of small wadis with their own drainage basin, located on the coastal strip near the city of Ras al Khaimah, on the Persian Gulf, between the mouths of the Wadi Bih and the Wadi Naqab. The Wadi Ar Ribiyyah drainage basin is only 4.2 km2 (1.6 mi2), and is bordered to the north by Wadi Al Ghafiyyah; to the south by Wadi Ramilah; to the east by Wadi Naqab; and to the west by the coastal gravel and sand plain known as the Gravel Plain, located in the northern part of the Jiri plain.

Flows through: United Arab Emirates.

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

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