Wadi al-Batʼha explained

Wadi al-Batʼha/al-Wutar
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Saudi Arabia
Subdivision Type5:	Cities
Source1:	Shiʿb Abu Rufia (previously) al-Masani (present-day)
Source1 Location:	south of al-Masani, Riyadh
Mouth:	Wadi Hanifa
Mouth Location:	Al-Masani, Riyadh
Mouth Coordinates:	24.5272°N 46.7629°W

Wadi al-Batʼha, historically known as Wadi al-Wutar,^{[1] [2] [3]} is an ancient river valley^[4] under rehabilitation in the Najd region of Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. The valley once descended from Shiʿb Abu Rufia,^[5] and traversed from northwest to south, cutting through town of Riyadh before meeting Wadi Hanifa in the southwest.^[6] The remnants of the valley today originate and end in the al-Masani neighborhood and has a length of almost 6.5 km, with the stream draining into Wadi Hanifa as per its previous river mouth.^{[7] [8] [9]} It has lent its name to the al-Batʼha Street in downtown Riyadh, which runs parallel to the now-dried up stream of the wadi, as well as the locality surrounding it and the sub-municipality.^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

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2. Book: Scoville, Sheila A. . Gazetteer of Arabia: A Geographical and Tribal History of the Arabian Peninsula . 1979 . Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt . 978-3-201-01090-0 . en.
3. Book: al-Ādāb, Jāmiʻat al-Riyāḍ Kullīyat . Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts . 1970 . Jamiat al-Riyaḍ, Kulliyat al-Adab. . ar.
4. Book: Sulaymān, Khālid ibn Aḥmad . معجم مدينة الرياض . 1983 . الجمعية العربية السعودية للثقافة والفنون، ادارة الثقافة، . ar.
5. Web site: شعيب أبو رُفيع: الوادي الحاضر الغائب وسط مدينة الرياض . 2023-06-28 . www.al-jazirah.com.
6. Web site: الرياض قلب الجزيرة العربية ساحة الصفاه كانت تشكل المنطقة المركز للمدينة خمس مراحل من التطور العمراني والسكاني شهدتها الرياض بلجريف رسم أول خارطة كروكية للرياض في القرن التاسع عشر . 2023-01-25 . www.al-jazirah.com . ar.
7. Web site: النواف . الرياض: فارس . 2013-12-02 . الرياض.. تأهيل وادي البطحاء لدرء مخاطر السيول وتنظيفه من "الملوثات" . 2023-06-28 . Watanksa . Arabic.
8. Web site: تطوير الرياض تطلق المرحلة الثانية من مشروع تطوير وادي البطحاء . 2023-06-28 . صحيفة صدى الالكترونية . ar.
9. Book: Khamīs, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ibn . Muʻjam al-Yamāmah . 1978 . ar.
10. Book: Facey, William . Riyadh, the Old City: From Its Origins Until the 1950s . 1992 . IMMEL . 978-0-907151-32-6 . en.
11. Book: اليمامة . November 2010 . al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah, Muʼassasat al-Yamāmah al-Ṣuḥufīyah . ar.