Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

DURING 19 CENTURY: ARABIA 095
to mention the Euphrates, which always contains water, and
which forms the northeast boundary of the peninsula, there
are several large clearly recognizable wadis in Arabia. ( )t
these two in particular traverse almost the entire width ot
the land, which are more or less traceable to the Euphrates
and the Persian Gulf, while during and shortly after the
rainy season through some parts of their channels real rivers
flow. Where, farther on, they are lost in the sand of the
Desert Landscape in South Arabia
desert, a comparatively luxuriant vegetation still marks their
existence almost
to the points where they formerly emptied
into the Euphrates and the sea. We may safely assume
that in ancient times they carried more water than they do
at the present day. Of the two most noted ones the Wadi
er-Rumma starts in the vicinity of Khaibar, making a wide
circuit around the mountain group of Shammar (A) a and
Selma), while farther to the east toward the Euphrates it
lost in the sand. The Wadi ed-Dawasir (plural of Dosar),
is