Wadi Kub
River in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wadi Kub (Arabic: وادي كوب, romanized: Wādī Kūb),[3][4][5] is a dry valley or river with intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the emirates of Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah.
Wadi Kub Wādī Kūb | |
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Native name | وادي كوب (Arabic) |
Location | |
Country | United Arab Emirates |
Emirate | Ras al-Khaimah |
Emirate | Fujairah |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | On the southern slope of the ridge that borders to the north the town of Al Jaroof / Al Jurouf (in Arabic: الجروف), in the Emirate of Fujairah. |
• elevation | 542 m (1,778 ft) |
Mouth | in the Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid, shortly before the town of Saram,[1] at the foot of Jabal Satif (367 m (1,204 ft)),[2] in the Emirate of Fujairah. |
• coordinates | 25°39′16.34″N 55°59′58.13″E |
• elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
Length | 17 km (11 mi) |
Basin size | 34.14 km2 (13.18 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid |
Tributaries | |
• left | Wadi Lil, Wadi Suftah |
• right | Wadi Al Yanhah, Wadi As Siwefah |
It belongs to the inner drainage basin of the Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid / Wadi Al Mithaddim (65 km2 (25 sq mi)),[3][6][7][8] of which it is a tributary on the left, and extends through a sub-basin of 34.14 km2 (13.18 sq mi). It limits to the north with the Wadi Tawiyaen / Wādī Ţawīyayn basin,[9] and with the sub-basins of the Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid and the Wadi Al Himriyyah; to the east with the watershed that defines the watercourses that flow into the Persian Gulf and those that flow into the Gulf of Oman, and with the Wadi Basseirah hydrographic basin;[6] and to the south and west with the drainage basin of the Wadi Mawrid,[6][10] although some authors consider that the bordering basin to the south is that of the Wādī Adhan / Wadi Idhn.[11][12]
The source of the main channel of the Wadi Kub is located on the southern slope of the ridge that borders to the north the town of Al Jaroof / Al Jurouf (in Arabic: الجروف), in the Emirate of Fujairah, and follows a course of approximately 17 km (11 mi) until its mouth in the Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid, shortly before the town of Saram,[13] at the foot of Jabal Satif (367 m (1,204 ft)),[14] in the Emirate of Fujairah.
The entire Wadi Kub area has historically been, and continues to be today, an eminently agricultural and livestock region, with towns and villages scattered along its main course and its many tributaries.[15]