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Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم Wādī Ramm, also Wādī al-Ramm), known also as the Valley of the Moon (Arabic: وادي القمر Wādī al-Qamar), is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 km (37 mi) to the east of the city of Aqaba.
Situated in southern Jordan, Wadi Rum features a great variety of desert landforms including sandstone valleys, natural arches, gorges, cliffs, landslides and caverns. The site also contains extensive rock art, inscriptions and archaeological remains, bearing witness to more than 12,000 years of continuous human habitation.
English: Wadi Rum is a spectacularly scenic desert valley in southern Jordan. Masses of soaring cliffs and sandstone and granite mountains. Wadi Rum is Arabic for "Roman Valley", or "Valley of the Rum", as the Greeks (or East Romans) were called in the early Byzantine era by Arab people, probably referring to Christian Byzantine monastic or ascetic communities in the area.
Wadi Rum is located next to Petra in the far south of Jordan. Massive rock formations and red sand dunes dominate the landscape. [ 26 ] It has been the home of many cultures over 12,000 years. [ 23 ]
The wadi flowing in November 2008. Wadi al-Rummah or ar-Rummah (Arabic: وادي الرمة) is one of the Arabian Peninsula's longest river valleys, at a length of almost 600 km (370 mi). Now mostly dry and partly blocked by encroaching sand dunes, the wadi rises near Medina at Jibāl al Abyaḑ (the White Mountain). It then runs northeast ...
The Wadi Rum Consultancy of Wadi Rum Organic Farms, [1] is an example of desert greening. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Begun in 2010, it is located in historic Wadi Rum , in southern Jordan . Overseen by permaculture expert Geoff Lawton , it has established a sustainable agriculture system.
English: Apart from the Bedouin goat hair tents, the only structures are a few concrete shops and houses and the fort headquarters of the Desert Patrol Corps. Русский: Вади Рам — пустыня в Иордании.
English: A large, stylish visitor center opposite the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", the mountain named after Lawrence of Arabia's book. Wadi Rum is a spectacularly scenic desert valley in southern Jordan. Masses of soaring cliffs and sandstone and granite mountains.