| Wadi Hadf Wādī Ḩadf | |
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| Native name | وادي حدف (Arabic) |
| Location | |
| Country |  Oman United Arab Emirates |
| Governorate Emirate | Al Buraimi Ajman Dubai |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Northwestern slope of the Um Alnosoor / Jabal Hatta (1,280 m (4,200 ft)) |
| • elevation | 1,130 m (3,710 ft) (approximately) |
| Mouth | Confluence with the Wadi Hatta, at the Al Khattem Dam, in the enclave of Hatta (Dubai) |
• coordinates | 24°48′48.2522″N 56°08′30.0876″E / 24.813403389°N 56.141691000°E |
• elevation | 288 m (945 ft) |
| Length | 27 km (17 mi) |
| Basin size | 548 km2 (212 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Wadi. Intermittent flow |
| River system | Wadi Hatta |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wadi Laim,[1][2] |
| • right | Wadi Ghalfa / Gulfa,[3][4] Wadi Al Mestib, [4] Wadi Al Khileban,[4] Wadi Lishan, Wadi Hattawi. |
The Wadi Hadf (Arabic: وادي حدف, romanized: Wādī Ḩadf)[1][5] is a dry river valley or river valley, with ephemeral or intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located east of the United Arab Emirates, in the enclaves of Masfut (Ajman) and Hatta (Dubai), and north of Oman, in the Al Batinah North Governorate.
It is a left tributary of the Wadi Hatta, to whose extensive 548 km2 (212 sq mi) drainage basin it belongs.
- ^ a b Trucial States, Muscat and Oman: Aswad - Scale 1:100 000 - Published by D Survey, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom (1971) - Edition 3-GSGS - The National Archives, London, England <https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/18/1796/n/1>
- ^ FO 371/114648 - 1955 Land and sea boundaries of Trucial Sheikhdoms in Persian Gulf - The National Archives, London, England <https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fo/371/114648/n/81>
- ^ Jāmiʻat al-Imārāt al-ʻArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah. Geoprojects (U.K.) Ltd., The National atlas of the United Arab Emirates, Al Ain : United Arab Emirates University - 1993
- ^ a b c Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
- ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Ḩadaf, United Arab Emirates