Wadi Awsaq
The 883rd longest river in the world
Wadi Awsaq (Wādī Awsāq) 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 emirates of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. It is a right tributary of the Wadi Tawiyean, to whose extensive drainage basin of 208 km² it belongs, and which borders to the north with the basins of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi, Wadi Naqab and Wadi Nahela; and to the south and west by those of Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid and Wadi Basseirah. The entire Wadi Tawiyean basin, whose highest peak is Jabal Yibir (1,527 m (5, 010 ft)), brings together approximately 222 independent streams, most of them unnamed, all classified into five grades or levels according to the Horton-Strahler numbering. Among the main tributaries of the Wadi Awsaq (sub-tributaries of the Wadi Tawiyean), the Wadi Mara (upper segment of the main wadi), the Wadi Al Mayyah and the Wadi Sadakh stand out.
Flows through: United Arab Emirates.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.