Wadi Kadra

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Wadi Kadra
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Wadi Kadra
Coordinates: 25°11′N56°02′E / 25.183°N 56.033°E / 25.183; 56.033
Country United Arab Emirates
Emirate Ras Al Khaimah
Elevation
99 m (325 ft)

Wadi Kadra is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. [1]

The wadi runs parallel to the Maliha-Fujairah road (E84) from Sifuni to the Kadra dam adjacent exit 58 on that road. It was one of the first findsites of the rare damselfly Ischnura nursei. [2] The 7.8km track is a popular hiking destination. [3]

Wadi Kadra is also notable for hosting the largest wild population of the rare and poisonous plant, Devil’s Thorn or Devil’s Trumpet Datura stramonium, [4] in the UAE. Despite its wealth of flora and fauna, it is also home to a number of quarries and rock crushing operations. [5]

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