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Wadi Al-Ḥamḍ

river, Saudi Arabia

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topography of Arabia

  • Physical features of Arabia
    In Arabia: The Hejaz and Asir

    Wadi Al-Ḥamḍ, an intermittent river drawing water from the Medina Basin on the inner side of the escarpment, breaks through the mountains to reach the Red Sea. Another pass leads to Mecca and Al-Ṭāʾif in the highlands. The mountains become higher again in Asir, where…

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  • Saudi Arabia
    In Saudi Arabia: Drainage and soils

    …long extension is made by Wadi Al-Ḥamḍ, which rises near Medina and flows inland to the northwest for 100 miles (160 km) before turning westward; those draining eastward are longer and more developed except in Al-Nafūd and the Rubʿ al-Khali. Soils are poorly developed. Large areas are covered with pebbles…

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