The Wadi Bana is a major

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 ...

of southwestern

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 Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. It flows from the mountains through the

Abyan Governorate Abyan ( ar, أَبْيَن ) is a governorate of Yemen. The Abyan region was historically part of the Fadhli Sultanate. It was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army militant group. Its capital is the city of Zinjibar. This governorate is no ...

and eventually enters the Gulf of Aden in between the towns of Al Kawd (to the west) and the regional capital of

Zinjibar Zinjibar ( ar, زِنْجِبَار ''Zinjibār'') is a port and coastal town in south-central Yemen, the capital of Zinjibar District and the Abyan Governorate. It is located next to the Wadi Bana in the Abyan Delta. From 1962 to 1967, it was ...

(to the east). The wadi reportedly receives the most rainfall in the entire country,Water-supply Paper, Geological Survey (U.S.), Issue 1757, Geological Survey (U.S.), G.P.O., 1947 which accounts for the agricultural lands which have grown up near its mouth in an otherwise barren country. Its mouth is located at .

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