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Wadi Shawka (literally 'powerful wadi') is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates.Famous locally for the Shawka Dam, a renowned beauty spot and destination for outdoor sports, the wadi has long been an agricultural area and alongside existing farms, and many abandoned settlements exist on the sides of the wadi. [1]
Shawka is a village in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is a popular hiking destination, [ 1 ] noted for the popular hiking areas around the wadi Shawka and the Shawka Dam. The dam, originally constructed in 2001, was part of a $33.4m 2020 reconstruction project that aimed to shore up and protect dams and waterways in the region. [ 2 ]
Wadi Shah (Arabic: رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, also known as Wadi Shehah) is a wadi, or waterway, in the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE).A popular [1] hiking location [2] near to Jebel Jais, [3] the highest point in the UAE, Wadi Shah is also the location of the abandoned former settlement of Shah.
Traditionally home to members of the Mazari tribe, [3] the wadi Esfai is notable particularly for the discovery of a new species of moth from the genus Meharia: Meharia breithaupti. [4] The Meharia moth was known to inhabit arid regions, and the related Meharia philbyi has been found in Saudi Arabia , Yemen and Oman. [ 5 ]
Lookout towers of Al Badiyah Mosque, the oldest surviving mosque in the United Arab Emirates. The Emirate of Fujairah, dominated by the Sharqiyin tribe, sits at the mouth of the important trade route, the Wadi Ham (which is guarded by the Sharqiyin Al Bithnah Fort), through the mountains to the interior and the Persian Gulf Coast.
Wadi Tuwa is a wadi, a seasonal waterway, in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The wadi is dammed by the Wadi Tuwa Dam. The wadi is dammed by the Wadi Tuwa Dam. A popular spot with campers and hikers, [ 1 ] Wadi Tuwa is a fertile wadi with many traditional farms dotted throughout its course.
In the upper reaches of the Wadi Qada'ah is the historic village of Qada'ah, very close to the border between UAE and Oman, and to the north and northeast of the wadi, rises the impressive southern slope of Jabal Qada'ah, [7] also known as Jabal Al Ahqab, [8] with an elevation of 1,375 m and a prominence of 460 m, making it one of the highest ...
Ras Al Khaimah has been the site of continuous human habitation for 7,000 years, one of the few places in the country and the world where this is the case, [8] and there are many historical and archaeological sites throughout the emirate - local sources cite 1,000 [9] - dating from different time periods, including remnants of the Umm Al Nar Culture (3rd millennium BC). [10]