Wadi Numeira

Wadi Numeira is a Wadi in Jordan that is known for its deep gorge cut through the sandstone.[1][2] It gives its name to the Bronze Age ruins located at its mouth with the Dead Sea. The Wadi also sometimes nicknamed Petra with water.

  • In the Siq
  • Wadi Numeira In the Valley
  • Wadi Numeira Siq
  • Starting Point of the Gorge
  • Wadi Numeira in the Siq

The Wadi enters the Dead Sea at a site 280m below Sea Level, on the shore of the Dead Sea.[3] Here the river flows adjacent to the archaeological site, of Numeira. The river is significantly eroding the archaeological site, destroying perhaps as much as ½ the original settlement due to changes in the water course.[4]

References
  1. Wadi Numeira.
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.
  4. James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.


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