Wadi Shis
Wadi Shis or Wadi Shees, is a wadi, a seasonal watercourse, in the Hajar Mountains of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The wadi passes through the mountain village of Shis and crosses the border with the enclave of Madha one kilometer downstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Wadi
- Description: wadi in UAE and Oman
- Also known as: “Wādī Ash Shīs”, “Wādī Ash Shīş”, “Wadi Shees”, “Wādī Shīs”, “Wādī Shīş”, and “Wādī Shīṣ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shis and Nahwa.
Shis
Town
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Shis is the name of a settlement to the East of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is the westernmost district of Khor Fakkan Municipality. The village of Shis was previously accessible only by a track leading from the East Coast up the Wadi Shis, a seasonal watercourse that passes through the Omani exclave of Madha and the Emirati exclave of Nahwa, itself enclosed by the Omani exclave.
Nahwa
Town
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Nahwa is a territory that forms part of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It is a counter-enclave within the Omani territory of Madha, which is itself an exclave of Oman and an enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
Madha
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Madha is an exclave of Oman that is completely surrounded by the Fujairah emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
Wadi Shis
- Categories: wadi and body of water
- Location: Umm al Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Wadi Shis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي الشيص”
- Arabic: “وادي شيص”
- Cebuano: “Wādī Shīs”
- Spanish: “Wādī Ash Shīs”
- Spanish: “Wādī Ash Shīş”
- Spanish: “Wadi Shees”
- Spanish: “Wadi Shis”
- Spanish: “Wādī Shīs”
- “Wadi Shis”
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