Wadi Najran
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| location | Yemen and Saudi Arabia | |
| River system | Wadi Najran | |
| source | in the Asir Mountains and the highlands of Yemen | |
| muzzle | seeps into the Rub al-Chali desert Coordinates: 17 ° 30 ′ 29 " N , 44 ° 11 ′ 56" E 17 ° 30 ′ 29 " N , 44 ° 11 ′ 56" E
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| Reservoirs flowed through | Najran dam | |
| Big cities | Najran | |
The Wadi Najran ( Arabic وادي نجران, DMG Wādī Naǧrān , also referred to as Wadi Najran ) is a typical river in Saudi Arabia and Yemen that only carries water at times . It runs approx. 300 km from west ( Asir Mountains and the highlands of Yemen) to east to get lost near the city of Najran in the plain of the sandy desert Rub al-Kali . Due to the intensive use of groundwater around Najran, drying and settlement processes lead to widespread formation of "crevices". To the west of Najran there is a reservoir with a capacity of up to 86 million cubic meters ( Najran dam ) with a 73 m high arch dam.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ahmed M. Youssef, Abdullah A. Sabtan, Norbert H. Maerz & Yasser A. Zabramawi: Earth Fissures in Wadi Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Natural Hazards, Volume 71, No. 3, April 2014, pp. 2013–2027 doi : 10.1007 / s11069-013-0991-5 ( abstract at researchgate.net , accessed on August 25, 2018)