Wadi Qor
وادي قور | |
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  Wadi Qor | |
| Coordinates: 24°54′41″N 56°5′55″E / 24.91139°N 56.09861°E | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Ras Al Khaimah |
| Elevation | 401 m (1,318 ft) |
Wadi Qor (Arabic: وادي قور) is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates. The wadi runs from the mountain village of Al Qor, near the Dubai exclave of Hatta, through the villages of Huwaylat, Rafaq and Al Nasla before crossing the Omani border and fanning out to the Batinah plain and the Gulf of Oman north of the Omani coastal village of Bu Baqarah.[1]
Traditionally a major trade route, the Wadi Qor forms one of the oldest caravan routes from the interior of the Gulf to the Batinah Coast. Its importance as a passage through the Hajar Mountains was eclipsed by the construction of the metalled road from Hatta to the Batinah coast.[2]
- ^ Lorimer, John (1915). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. British Government, Bombay. p. 1560.
- ^ Zandi, Dariush (1991). Off-road in the Emirates. Dubai, U.A.E.: Motivate Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 1-873544-20-0. OCLC 39101747.