[5] Along its route, from south to north, the different branches of the upper course of Wadi Barut cross a steep area, with very uneven terrain and little vegetation cover, which is almost impossible to access without climbing equipment and techniques, making it a little-known and rarely visited area, and an ideal natural space for the survival of some of the animal species threatened with extinction in this region of the Arabian Peninsula.

This feature of the area has aroused the interest of naturalists involved in conservation or management projects for natural areas and species, who have explored the place in search of traces that might allow them to detect the now improbable presence of arabian leopards (Panthera pardus nimr) and caracals (Caracal caracal), and to learn about the feeding habits of other wild mammals and their eventual prey: red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), Blanford's foxes (Vulpes cana), arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari), Arabian gazelle (Gazella gazella), etc.

[13][14] The name of Wadi Barut was recorded in the documentation and maps produced between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer, and diplomat Julian F. Walker during the work carried out to establish borders between what was then called Trucial States,[9] later completed by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), on 1:100,000 scale maps published in 1971.

[2] In the political and administrative organization of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, the name of the main wadi is frequently used as an identifying element of the entire territory covered by its drainage basin.

In the case of Wadi Ghalilah, this drainage basin is very large 76.32 km2 (29.47 sq mi),[15] comprising numerous towns, villages and farms widely scattered throughout its valleys and mountains.