Wadi Al Hijar
Wadi Al Hijar or Wadi Al-Hijr is a wadi in Ad Dhahirah Region, in northeastern Oman. Its eastern branch flows past the ancient settlement of Bat. In the late 1980s the wadi suffered from 'once- in-a-lifetime' floods in the upstream, with a devastating impact on irrigation, agriculture and settlements.- Wadi
- …lies at an elevation of 415 metres (1,362 feet)
- Description: wadi in Oman
- Also known as“Wādī al Hajar”“Wādī al Hijr”“Wādī Sharşah”
Wadi Al Hijar
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Latitude
23.26733° or 23° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
56.64742° or 56° 38′ 51″ east
Open location code
7HMR7J8W+WX
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Wadi Al Hijar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي الهجر”
- Cebuano: “Wādī al Hijr”
- Dutch: “Wadi Al Hijar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi Al Hijar”
- Spanish: “Wādī al Hajar”
- Spanish: “Wadi Al Hijar”
- Spanish: “Wādī al Hijr”
- Spanish: “Wādī Sharşah”
- Uzbek: “Al-Hijar vodiysi”
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