Wadi
River valley, especially a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Wadi (disambiguation).
Wadi (Arabic: وَادِي, romanized: wādī), alternatively wād (Arabic: وَاد), Maghrebi Arabic Oued, Hebrew: וָאדִי, romanized: wadi, lit. 'wadi') is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a river valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs.[1]
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Arroyo (Spanish) is used in the Americas for similar landforms.[2]