BURAIDAH — The floods caused by heavy rains in the eastern Qassim region, and in various parts of Saudi Arabia, has restored the wadi (valley) of Al-Rummah years after it mostly dried up and partly blocked by encroaching sand dunes.

Wadi Al-Rummah is one of the Arabian Peninsula’s longest river valleys, at a length of about 600 km stretching from Al-Abyad Mountain near Madinah and ending near Al-Dahna Desert near Buraidah in the Qassim region.

The valley is known as one of the most important natural phenomena in Saudi Arabia. Its breadth and the length make it one of the largest valleys in the Arabian Peninsula, Khalid Al-Za’aq, an astronomy researcher and member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Science (AUASS), while speaking to the Saudi Press Agency claimed that the valley is one of the longest in the world. It is also one of the most unique, as it intersects with the dry desert without constant nourishment and usually dried up due to scarce rain.

According to Za’aq, the valley is one of the most important geomorphological phenomena in the plateau of Najd, and the widest and longest valleys of the Arabian Peninsula. — Al-Arabiya English