Wadi Wurayah
Wadi Wurayah is a 12,700-hectare wadi between the towns of Masafi, Khor Fakkan, and Bidiyah in the United Arab Emirates. It has been designated as Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: wadi in UAE
- Also known as: “Wādī Al Wirе̄‘ah”, “Wadi Al Wurai‘ah”, “Wādī Al-Wurayʿah”, “Wadi Waraiya”, “Wādī Waraiya”, “Wadi Wuray’ah”, “Wadi Wurayah Waterfall”, “Wadi Wurayyah”, “Wādī Wurayyah”, and “Wadi Wurrayah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muaifi and Lulayyah.
Muaifi
Suburb
Mudaifi is a suburb of the town of Khor Fakkan in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Muaifi is situated 9 km southeast of Wadi Wurayah.
Al Bidya
Town
Al Bidya also Al-Badiyah or Al-Bidyah is a settlement in the Emirate of Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates. It is the site of a historical mosque of the same name, which is the oldest functional mosque in the country, dating back to the 15th century. Al Bidya is situated 9 km northeast of Wadi Wurayah.
Wadi Wurayah
- Categories: wadi and body of water
- Location: United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.39588° or 25° 23′ 45″ north
Longitude
56.26908° or 56° 16′ 9″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7HQR97W9+9J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Wadi Wurayah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي الوريعة”
- Cebuano: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Chinese: “瓦迪乌拉亚”
- Croatian: “Vadi Varaja”
- Dutch: “Wadi Wurayah”
- French: “Wadi Wurayah”
- German: “Wadi-Wuraya-Schutzgebiet”
- Hebrew: “ואדי אל-וורייעה”
- Hebrew: “ואדי ווראיה”
- Lithuanian: “Vurajos vadis”
- Maltese: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Persian: “وادی الوریعه”
- Russian: “Вади-Вурайя”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Spanish: “Wādī Al Wirе̄‘ah”
- Spanish: “Wadi Al Wurai‘ah”
- Spanish: “Wādī Al-Wurayʿah”
- Spanish: “Wadi Waraiya”
- Spanish: “Wādī Waraiya”
- Spanish: “Wadi Wuray’ah”
- Spanish: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Spanish: “Wadi Wurayyah”
- Spanish: “Wādī Wurayyah”
- Spanish: “Wadi Wurrayah”
- Swedish: “Wadi Wurayah”
- Urdu: “وادی وریعہ”
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Localities in the Area
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