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Terme préférentiel

Wadi  

Définition

  • The bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis; a shallow usually sharply defined depression in a desert region [Merriam Web Collegiate]; In certain Arabic-speaking countries, a ravine or valley which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; the stream or torrent running through such a ravine [OED]

Synonyme(s)

  • Gulleys, wadi
  • Nahat
  • Ravines, wadi
  • Riverbeds, wadi
  • Valleys, wadi
  • Wady
  • Washes, wadi
  • Watercourses, wadi

Notation

  • 122308

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-K6MWRJT0-B

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