Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

does not have any permanent rivers, but does have numerous

wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water ...

s, which is an either permanently or intermittently dry riverbed. This is a list of wadis in Yemen. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
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Tihamah Tihamah or Tihama ( ar, تِهَامَةُ ') refers to the Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb. Etymology Tihāmat is the Proto-Semitic language's term for 'sea'. Tiamat (or Tehom, in mas ...
)

* Wadi Harad * Wadi Mawr * Wadi Akhraf * Wadi Haydan *

Wadi Surdud Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

Wadi Siham Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water on ...

* Wadi Rima * Wadi Zabid * Wadi Mawza * Wadi Bani Khawlan * Wadi De Nachib * wadi alwoja raimah

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Chann ...

* Wadi Harim * Wadi Tuban * Wadi Bana * Wadi Hassan *

Wadi Ahwar Wadi Ahwar is a major wadi of southern Yemen. It flows into the Gulf of Aden in Ahwar District, Abyan Governorate at , near the village of Ahwar Ahwar ( ar, أحور) a town in south-central Yemen. It is located at around . It is the capital o ...

(Wadi Jurrah) * Wadi Milh ( Wadi Ar Ruqub) * Wadi Mayfa‘ah * Wadi Amaqin * Wadi Hada * Wadi Hajr * Wadi Huwayrah * Wadi al Masilah * Wadi Hibun *

Wadi Hamir Wādī Ḩamīr ( ar, وادي حمير) is a wadi in Southern Iraq, nearby to the towns of Mukhāţ, Tall Mukhāţ, Nukhayb and Ar Raţţāwī. It lies just north of the Saudi Arabian border on the road from Baghdad to the Arar, Saudi Arabia ...

* Wadi Hayfari * Wadi Tabaqim * Wadi Sana * Wadi Adim * Wadi Hadramawt (

Hadhramaut Hadhramaut ( ar, حَضْرَمَوْتُ \ حَضْرَمُوتُ, Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, ''Ḥḍrmt'') is a region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saud ...

) * Wadi Sarr * Wadi Amd * Wadi al Jiz *

Wadi Dawan Wadi Dawan ( ar, وَادِي دَوْعَن, Wādī Daw‘an) is a town and desert valley in central Yemen. Located in Hadhramaut Governorate, it is noted for its mud brick buildings. Modern history On January 18, 2008, an ambush attack on Be ...

(Dhahawn) * Wadi Kidyut * Wadi Mahrat * Wadi Tinhalin

Rub' al-Khali The Rub' al KhaliOther standardized transliterations include: / . The ' is the assimilated Arabic definite article, ', which can also be transliterated as '. (; ar, ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (), the "Empty Quarter") is the sand des ...

* Wadi Jawf * Wadi Raghwan * Wadi al Kharid * Wadi Abrad * Wadi as Sudd * Wadi Harib * Wadi Dumays * Wadi Bayhan * Wadi Markhah * Wadi Makhyah (Wadi as Sidarah) * Wadi Qinab * Wadi Aywat al Manahil * Wadi Armah * Wadi Dahyah *

Wadi Arabah The Arabah, Araba or Aravah ( he, הָעֲרָבָה, ''hāʿĂrāḇā''; ar, وادي عربة, ''Wādī ʿAraba''; lit. "desolate and dry area") is a loosely defined geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the borde ...

* Wadi Rakhawt * Wadi Mitan * Wadi Shihan * Wadi Hat

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Wadis Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water o ...

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Chann ...

Rub' al-Khali The Rub' al KhaliOther standardized transliterations include: / . The ' is the assimilated Arabic definite article, ', which can also be transliterated as '. (; ar, ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (), the "Empty Quarter") is the sand des ...

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