Wadi Ham

Wadi Ham is a wadi in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

Bithnah Fort on the route of the Wadi Ham

The wadi runs between Masafi towards Fujairah City, until it reaches the Wadi Ham Dam.[1] Al Bithnah is on the route. It is the longest wadi in the UAE at 30km. The wadi is dry for most of the year. There have been salt water intrusion problems with the wadi.[2]

The E 89 Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Road runs along the length of the wadi between Masafi and Fujairah City.[3] A proposed Etihad Rail line is also planned to run along this route.

At Masafi, the Wadi Ham joins the Wadi Abadilah, which runs down to the town of Dibba Al Hisn on the East Coast of the UAE, making Masafi the central point on a crescent-shaped, contiguous waterway that transects the Hajar Mountains.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Natural Sites – Wadi Ham". www.fujairahtourism.ae. UAE: Fujairah Tourism & Antiquities Authority, Government of Fujairah. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Mohsen Sherif; Ahmed Sefelnasr; A. M. Ebraheem; Akbar Javadi (January 2013). "Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Seawater Intrusion in Wadi Ham under Different Pumping Scenarios". Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 19 (5). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000907.
  3. ↑ "Fujairah Map", www.fujairahtourism.ae, UAE: Fujairah Tourism & Antiquities Authority, 2018


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