guelta

English

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْتَة (qalta).

Noun

guelta (plural gueltas)

  1. A pool of water, especially in Africa or Arabia, fed by an oasis (spring) or left behind when a wadi (arroyo, seasonal river) runs dry.
    • 2001, David Ball, Empires of Sand: A Novel, page 376:
      Winter or summer, the guelta never went away, even in a drought. It was fed by an underground spring that sent a constant lazy stream of bubbles to the surface.

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