Wadi Arar also known as Wadi `Ar`ar and Wādī `Ar`ar is a wadi in the central part of the Northern Borders Region of Saudi Arabia. Wadi Arar starts about 125 km from

Arar Arar or Ar-Ar may refer to: Geography and history * Arar, Saudi Arabia, the capital of Al Hudud ash Shamaliyah (The Northern Border) province ** Arar border crossing, a Saudi-Iraqi border crossing near Arar, Saudi Arabia and Nukhayb, Iraq * Arar, ...

city, flows southwest to the northeast, past Arar city and merges with many Wadis and Sha’ibs, before crossing the Iraqi border. The Wadi is located between the Latitudes of 31°00’ N and 30°45’N and Longitudes 40°30’ E and 41°05’ E. The Wadi is one of the ''wadis of the tribe of ʿ

Anizah Anizah or Anazah ( ar, عنزة, ʻanizah, Najdi pronunciation: ) is an Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula, Upper Mesopotamia, and the Levant. Genealogy and origins Anizah's existence as an autonomous tribal group, like many prominent m ...

'', which empty into the

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

valley in Iraq, and along with ''Wadi Al-Khurr'' is one of the largest of these wadi. It is located at an elevation of 568 meters above sea level. Along its course, the regional

bedrock In geology, bedrock is solid Rock (geology), rock that lies under loose material (regolith) within the crust (geology), crust of Earth or another terrestrial planet. Definition Bedrock is the solid rock that underlies looser surface mater ...

consists predominantly of Cretaceous limestone and sandstone with minor layers of

dolomite Dolomite may refer to: *Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral *Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock *Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community *Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...

and silt. There is also extensive, small Wadis and Sha’ibs across the area.Alnos Hegazy and Mohammed Alghamd, Properties of Soil Sediment in Wadi Arar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2014 International Conference on Geological and Civil Engineering IPCBEE vol.62. The Wadi Arar is one of the largest in the area.

References

Rivers of Iraq International rivers of Asia Northern Borders Province {{Saudi Arabia topics Valleys of Saudi Arabia