This is a list of wadis in Djibouti.
Wadi
Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet (ephemerality, ephemeral) Stream bed, riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portion ...
s are either permanently or intermittently dry riverbeds, of which
Djibouti
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
has several. However, it does not have any permanent rivers.
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Bab-el-Mandeb
The Bab-el-Mandeb (), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.
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We'ima
**Alailou
**Essulou
*Ga'lale
**Boussali
*Goutoi (Kadda Dola)
*Soudi
Gulf of Tadjoura
The Gulf of Tadjoura (; ) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean in the Horn of Africa. It lies south of the straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, or the entrance to the Red Sea, at . The gulf has many fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant ...
*Obock
*Sadai
*Ambado
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Ambouli
Ambouli () is a southern suburb of Djibouti, Djibouti.
Overview
Located in the Djibouti region, O.G.S. Crawford identifies the city with ''Canbala''. Canbala appears in Muhammad al-Idrisi's map of 1192 on the coast of the Horn of Africa, southeas ...
*Deydey
*Beyadé
**Ouâhayyi
Danakil Desert
The Danakil Desert (or Afar Desert) is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across of Desert climate, arid terrain. It is inhabited by a few Afar people, Afar, w ...
*Gabone
*Kalou (flows into
Lake Assal)
*Hanlé
*Degbour (flows into
Lake Abbe
Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake (geography), salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (from north to south) lakes Lake Gargori, Gargori, Lake Laitali ...
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References
Division Géographique du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, 1990
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Djibouti
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
Rivers
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...