Wadi Shueib

Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly Wadi Shuʿeib but with many variant romanisations, is a in . The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the .
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  • Type: Wadi
  • Description: valley in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Wādī Nimrīn”, “Wadi Sha‘eb”, “Wadi Shu‘eib”, “Wadi Shu`ayb”, “Wadi Shwaid”, “Wady Shaib”, and “وادي نمرين”

Wadi Shueib

Latitude
31.90527° or 31° 54′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.63547° or 35° 38′ 8″ east
Elevation
-170 metres (-558 feet)
Open location code
8G3QWJ4P+45
Geo­Names ID
246836
Wiki­data ID
Q4102306
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Wadi Shueib” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي شعيب”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Shu‘ayb”
  • French: “Wadi Chouaïb”
  • German: “Wadi Schuʿeib”
  • Hebrew: “ואדי שועייב”
  • Romanian: “Wadi Shueib”
  • Russian: “Вади Шуайб”
  • Russian: “Вади-Шуайб”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваді-Шуайб”
  • Urdu: “وادی شعیب (قصبہ)”
  • Urdu: “وادی شعیب”
  • Uzbek: “Wadi Shueib”

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