Wadi Khabb

Wadi Khabb
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Wadi Khabb - Tributary of Wadi Ghalilah. Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (UAE)
Wadi Khabb is located in United Arab Emirates
Wadi Khabb
Location
Country United Arab Emirates
Emirate Ras Al Khaimah
Physical characteristics
SourceSouthwestern slope of Jabal Hadaba (1,712 m) Hajar Mountains
 • elevation1,140 m (3,740 ft)
MouthConfluence with the Wadi Ghalilah, after the Wadi Ghalilah Dam [1]
 • coordinates
25°59′11.2″N 56°08′20.4″E / 25.986444°N 56.139000°E / 25.986444; 56.139000
 • elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Length3.5 km (2.2 mi)
Basin size76.32 km2 (29.47 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemWadi Ghalilah

The Wadi Khabb[2] is a valley or dry river, with intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

It is a tributary on the right bank of the Wadi Ghalilah, and is formed mainly by the ravines and gullies that run along the southwestern slope of the mountain hill (1,712 m), located on the border between the UAE and Oman; and by the southern slope of Jabal Khabb (1,145 m).[3]

  1. ^ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations AQUASTAT - FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
  2. ^ Mindat.org - Wādī Khabb
  3. ^ "UAE Climbing - 2005" (PDF). Foordkelcey.net. Retrieved 2023-05-18.