Wadi Awsaq
| Wadi Awsaq Wādī Awsāq | |
|---|---|
| Native name | وادي أوسق (Arabic) |
| Location | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | On the northern slope of Jabal Yibir, near the village of Dardur. |
| • elevation | 1,440 m (4,720 ft), approximately |
| Mouth | In the Wadi Tawiyean. |
• coordinates | 25°34′01″N 56°03′34″E / 25.56694°N 56.05944°E |
• elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
| Length | 18.8 km (11.7 mi) |
| Basin size | 208 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Wadi. Intermittent flow |
| River system | Wadi Tawiyean. |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wadi Mara (upper segment of the main wadi), Wadi Al Mayyah |
| • right | Wadi Sadakh |
Wadi Awsaq (Arabic: وادي أوسق, romanized: Wādī Awsāq) is a valley or dry river, with ephemeral or intermittent flow, which flows almost exclusively during the rainy season, located in the east of the United Arab Emirates, in the emirates of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah.
It is a right tributary of the Wadi Tawiyean, to whose extensive drainage basin of 208 km² it belongs, and which borders to the north with the basins of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi, Wadi Naqab and Wadi Nahela; and to the south and west by those of Wadi Mu'taridah / Wadi Mutarid and Wadi Basseirah.
The entire Wadi Tawiyean basin, whose highest peak is Jabal Yibir (1,527 m (5,010 ft)), brings together approximately 222 independent streams, most of them unnamed, all classified into five grades or levels according to the Horton-Strahler numbering.
Among the main tributaries of the Wadi Awsaq (sub-tributaries of the Wadi Tawiyean), the Wadi Mara (upper segment of the main wadi), the Wadi Al Mayyah and the Wadi Sadakh stand out.