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wadis Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet ( ephemeral) 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 portions of alluvial fans and e ...
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Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
. This list is arranged by region from west to east, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.


Tripolitania Tripolitania (), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya. The region had been settled since antiquity, first coming to prominence as part of the Carthaginian empire. Following the defeat ...

*Wadi Awwal *Wadi Tanarut *Wadi Maymun *Wadi Majer - near
Zliten Zliten () is a city in Murqub District of Libya. It is located 160 km to the capital of Tripoli. Geography The name Zliten is given to both the city and the whole area. As a city, Zliten is situated east of the capital, Tripoli, and abo ...
*Wadi al Mujaynin *Wadi Turghut (west) *Wadi al Masid *Wadi Turghut (east) *Wadi Labdah * Wadi Ki'am (Wadi Targhalat) - Libya's only perennial stream *Wadi Sawfajjin *Wadi Zamzam *Wadi Bey al Kabir *Wadi Thamit *Wadi Jarif *Wadi Tilal *Wadi ar Rijl (Wadi Matratin)


Fezzan Fezzan ( , ; ; ; ) is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise in ...

*Wadi Tanezzuft * Wadi Barjuj * Wadi ash Shati *Wadi Umm al Ara'is *Wasi an Nashu


Cyrenaica Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika (, , after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including the Kufra District. The coastal region, als ...

*Wadi al Qattarah * Wadi Darnah *Wadi al Khalij *Wadi Husayn *Wadi al Mu'allaq *Wadi at Tamimi *Wadi al Farigh *Wadi al Hamim


See also

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Great Manmade River Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" * Artel Great (bo ...


References

*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'',1993.
Topographic map of western Libya. Defense Mapping Agency, 1984 (18.4 MB)
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Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
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 ...