List of countries without rivers

There are currently 18 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]

Map of countries without rivers

The Arabian Peninsula is the largest subregion in the world without any permanent natural river. Countries in this subregion have wadis instead.

Sovereign states

Africa

•  Djibouti (See List of wadis of Djibouti)
•  Libya (See List of wadis of Libya)

Asia

•  Bahrain^[2]
•  Kuwait (See List of wadis of Kuwait)
•  Maldives^[3]
•  Oman (See List of wadis of Oman)
•  Qatar (See List of wadis of Qatar)
•  Saudi Arabia^[4] (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)

Europe

•  Malta (See List of valleys of Malta)
•  Monaco
•  Vatican City

Oceania

•  Kiribati^[5]
•  Marshall Islands^[6]
•  Nauru^[7]
•  Tonga^[8]
•  Tuvalu^[9]

Dependencies and other territories

Asia

•  British Indian Ocean Territory
•  Macau^[10]

Europe

•  Gibraltar^[11]

North/South America

•  Anguilla^[12]
•  Aruba
•  Bermuda^[13]
•  Bonaire
•  Cayman Islands^[14]
•  Curaçao
•  Saba
•  Saint Barthélemy
• Saint Martin
•  Sint Eustatius
•  Sint Maarten
•  Turks and Caicos Islands

Oceania

•  Christmas Island
•  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
•  Easter Island
•  Niue
•  Norfolk Island
•  Pitcairn Islands^[15]
•  Tokelau

See also

• Lists of rivers