[Tagging] waterway=wadi problem

[Volker Schmidt]

I now notice that I read the German Wikipedia entry for Wadi, which is
plainly different form the English one. My fault.
The English Wikipedia defines Wadi mainly as a valley, wheras the German on
as a normally dry water course.


On 16 January 2015 at 13:02, Richard Z. <ricoz.osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:41:26AM +0900, johnw wrote:
> > I strongly disagree. A wadi is usually only an active river through very
> rare flash flood events, and almost never any other time.  Entire biomes
> are defined by the presence of (and situated in) a wadi.
> >
>
> how about reading wikipedia?
> <<
> Wadi (Arabic: وادي‎ wādī) is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a
> valley. In some cases, it may refer to a dry (ephemeral) riverbed that
> contains water only during times of heavy rain or simply an intermittent
> stream.
> >>
>
> I consider a wadi a geologic feature. In addition to the above wadis are
> expected
> to carry underground water.
>
> Richard
>
>
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