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Wadi Jib

The 883rd longest river in the world

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Wadi Jib (Wādī jb) is a valley or dry river with intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, belonging to the drainage 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 / Wadi Shehah / Wādī Shaḩḩah, from its confluence with the Wadi Arus, and is formed mainly by the ravines and gullies that run along the southern slopes of the Jabal Ar Rahrah (1, 691 m, 5, 548 ft), divided into two large branches; by the deep cliffs located to the west and at the foot of Jabal Sal) (1, 575 m, 5, 167 ft), on the border line between UAE and Oman; and by multiple ravines that run along the southeast slope of Jabal Rahabah (1, 543 m, 5, 062 ft).

Flows through: United Arab Emirates.

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

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