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.

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  In the Siq
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  Wadi Numeira In the Valley
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  Wadi Numeira Siq
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  Starting Point of the Gorge
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  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]

In 1943 Nelson Glueck mentioned Seil en-Numeirah (seil meaning stream), a stream that flows into the southern end of the Dead Sea.[5]