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'''Wadi Ham''' is a [[wadi]], a seasonal watercourse, in the Hajar Mountains of [[Fujairah]] and [[Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah|Ras Al Khaimah]], [[United Arab Emirates]].
{{Infobox river|pushpin_map=United Arab Emirates|image=View of the Wadi Ham from the top of the Habshan Pipeline cutting.jpg|mouth_coordinates={{coord|25|07|42.5|N|56|21|27.7|E|region:AE|display=inline,title}}|name=Wadi Ham|name_etymology=|subdivision_type1=Fujairah|subdivision_type2=Ras Al Khaimah}}[[File:Bithnah Fort, Bithnah, Furjairah, United Arab Emirates.JPG|thumb|[[Bithnah Fort]] on the route of the Wadi Ham]]
The main wadi runs from [[Masafi]] towards [[Fujairah City]], until it reaches the Wadi Ham Dam <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fujairahtourism.ae/index.php?action=Natural%20Sites | title=Natural Sites – Wadi Ham | publisher=Fujairah Tourism & Antiquities Authority, [[Government of Fujairah]] | website=www.fujairahtourism.ae | location=UAE | access-date=3 August 2018 }}</ref> and the [[Gulf of Oman]]. The wadi is crossed by the Sharjah/Khor Fakkan road north of the village of [[Daftah]], which is in [[Ras Al Khaimah]] and traditionally [[Mazari (Emirati)|Mazari]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Lancaster, William, 1938-|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/763160662|title=Honour is in contentment : life before oil in Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) and some neighbouring regions|date=2011|publisher=De Gruyter|others=Lancaster, Fidelity.|isbn=978-3-11-022340-8|location=Berlin|pages=191|oclc=763160662}}</ref> The Fujairah village of [[Al Bithnah]] and its strategically important fort, [[Al Bithnah Fort]], is on the route. With a total length of some 35 miles, the head of the wadi is in the [[Jiri plain|Jiri Plain]] near to [[Adhen, Ras Al Khaimah|Adhen]].<ref>A Collection of Valleys in the Persian Gulf Coast of Arabia, 1937 - AIR 5/1283, Catalogue II/J3/39/0 https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/air/5/1283/n/1</ref>
The E 89 Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Road runs along the length of the wadi between Masafi and Fujairah City.<ref name="map">{{citation|title=Fujairah Map|date=2018|url=https://www.fujairahtourism.ae|location=UAE|publisher=Fujairah Tourism & Antiquities Authority}}</ref> A proposed [[Etihad Rail]] line is also planned to run along this route.
At Masafi, the Wadi Ham joins the [[Wadi Abadilah]], which runs down to the town of [[Dibba Al-Hisn|Dibba Al Hisn]] on the East Coast of the UAE, making Masafi the central point on a crescent-shaped, contiguous waterway that transects the [[Al Hajar Mountains|Hajar Mountains]].
Like many wadis in the Emirates, Wadi Ham has experienced [[salt water]] intrusions in the lower, coastal, part of the wadi, which has affected coastal agricultural systems.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Mohsen Sherif|author2=Ahmed Sefelnasr|author3=A. M. Ebraheem|author4=Akbar Javadi|date=January 2013|title=Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Seawater Intrusion in Wadi Ham under Different Pumping Scenarios|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258868641|journal=[[Journal of Hydrologic Engineering]]|volume=19|pages=855–866|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000907|number=5}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates]]
==References==
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[[Category:Valleys of United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:Geography of the Emirate of Fujairah]]
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