Wadi al-Arish
{{Short description|Egyptian riverbed in the Sinai Peninsula}}
Wadi al-Arish is a dry riverbed in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. The river, when it flowed, was 250 kilometers long and flowed intro the Mediterranean Sea near the town of Arish.{{cite web |title=Wadi Al-ʿArīsh {{!}} river, Egypt {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Wadi-Al-Arish |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 January 2025 |language=en}} Wadi al-Arish is considered by some, including geographer Ishtori Haparchi, to be the Brook of Egypt mentioned in the Hebrew Bible that formed the southernmost border of the Land of Israel.{{Cite journal |last=Shneor |first=David |last2= |first2= |date=2012 |title=Geographical Descriptions of Eretz Israel in "Kaftor VaFerah" Compared to Geographical Explanations of Medieval Exegetes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23409916 |journal=Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv |language=he |issue=143 |pages=107 |issn=0334-4657}}
The Wadi al-Arish catchment is the largest drainage system in the Sinai Peninsula.{{cite journal |last1=Elbarbary |first1=Samah |last2=Araffa |first2=Sultan A. S. |last3=El-Shahat |first3=Adam |last4=Abdel Zaher |first4=Mohamed |last5=Khedher |first5=Khaled M. |title=Delineation of water potentiality areas at Wadi El-Arish, Sinai, Egypt, using hydrological and geophysical techniques |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |date=1 February 2021 |volume=174 |pages=104056 |doi=10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.104056 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1464343X20303071 |issn=1464-343X}} The African Humid Period was the last time a river consistently flowed through the riverbed.{{cite journal |last1=AbuBakr |first1=Mostafa |last2=Ghoneim |first2=Eman |last3=El-Baz |first3=Farouk |last4=Zeneldin |first4=Mahmoud |last5=Zeid |first5=Salah |title=Use of radar data to unveil the paleolakes and the ancestral course of Wadi El-Arish, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt |journal=Geomorphology |date=15 July 2013 |volume=194 |pages=34–45 |doi=10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.005 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X13001992 |issn=0169-555X}}
The Wadi al-Arish was an important site in the Battle of Magdhaba.
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