There are currently 20 countries and 22 territories that do not have a permanent natural river flowing within them, though some of them have streams or seasonal watercourses such as wadis.[1]
The Arabian Peninsula is the largest subregion in the world without any permanent natural river. Countries in this subregion have wadis instead.
The Chinese special administrative regionofMacau has no permanent natural rivers other than a small man-made canal named Canal Dos Patos (鴨涌河). Due to environment issues, this small canal is currently being backfilled with land by the local government. Eventually, this small canal will cease to exist.[2]
Djibouti (See List of wadis of Djibouti)
Libya (See List of wadis of Libya)
Bahrain[3]
Kuwait (See List of wadis of Kuwait)
Maldives[4]
Oman (See List of wadis of Oman)
Qatar (See List of wadis of Qatar)
Saudi Arabia[5] (See List of wadis of Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates (See List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates)
Yemen (See List of wadis of Yemen)
Anguilla[12]
Aruba
Bermuda[13]
Bonaire
Cayman Islands[14]
Curaçao
Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
Turks and Caicos Islands
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