Aḥwar

Ahwar lies on the southern Yemeni coast near the mouth of the wadi that bears its name. Wadi Ahwar is formed by the joining of Wadi Saba and Wadi Jahir, and spreads across a delta before reaching the Arabian Sea. Floods descend from the upper catchment in the rainy season, bringing water to deep soils on the coastal plain. The settlement stands among villages that use this seasonal flow to cultivate land in an otherwise dry landscape.