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Wadi Arus

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Wadi Arus (Wādī ‘Arūs) is a valley or dry river, with intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, belonging to the river basin of Wadi Bih (subbasin of Wadi Shah), north-east of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. It is a tributary of the Wadi Shah, from its confluence with the Wadi Jib, and is formed mainly by the ravines and gullies that run along the western slope of the great border cliff between Oman and UAE, from 1 km approximately south of the summit of Jabal Sal (1, 575 m); and by those coming from the north and northwest slopes of Jabal Yabanah (1, 480 m).

Flows through: United Arab Emirates.

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

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