Wadi Rahabah (Arabic: وادي رحبة, romanized: Wādī Raḩbah),[1][2][3][4] is a dry valley or 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 forms its own drainage basin, with an approximate area of 12.42 km2 (4.80 sq mi), to the north, it limits with the drainage basins of wadis and smaller ravines that pour their waters directly into the Persian Gulf and with the sub-basin of the Wadi Halhal, a tributary of the Wadi Ghalilah; to the east and southeast, with the Wadi Jib sub-basin, a tributary of the Wadi Shah / Wadi Shehah; to the south with the Wadi Bakhit basin;[5] and to the west with the inlet and coastal wetland of Khawr Hulaylah,[6][7] into which it flows, located in the Persian Gulf, next to the town of Seih Al Qurum (Qurm),[2][8] northwest of the town of Kabdah,[1] and north of the city of Ar Rams.[1][2]
The source of the main channel of the Wadi Rahabah is located approximately 1,350 m (4,430 ft) altitude on the western slope of Jabal Rahabah (1,543 m (5,062 ft)), one of the highest mountains in the country, almost at the foot of the Rahabah South Col (1,470 m (4,820 ft)), on the Jabal ar Rahrah Ridge.
A short distance from the wall of the great cliff that forms the western slope of Jabal Rahabah, are the ruins of an old village, with numerous dry stone constructions, and there is a small spring.
^ abc 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
^ abc Map of Trucial States, Muscat and Oman - Rams - 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/18/1785>
^Lancaster, William; Lancaster, Fidelity (2011). "A discussion of rock carvings in Ra's al Khaimah Emirate, UAE, and Musandam province, Sultanate of Oman, using local considerations". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 22 (2): 166–195. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00338.x. ISSN 1600-0471.
^Mindat.org - Wādī Raḩbah, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
^FCO 8/586 - 1967-1968 Boundary between East Aden Protectorate and Muscat and Oman - The National Archives, London, England <https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/8/586/n/50>
^ Tribulus - Volume 19 - 2011 - Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group - The Flora of the Ru'us al-Jibal -the Mountains of the Musandam Peninsula: An Annotated Checklist and Selected Observations - Gary R. Feulner - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2011<https://enhg.org/Portals/1/trib/V19/TribulusV19.pdf>
^Mindat.org - Khawr Ḩulaylah, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
^https://www.mindat.org/feature-291129.html Mindat.org - Qurm, Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates]
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