List of wadis of the United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates does not have any permanent rivers, but does have wadis, a permanently or intermittently dry riverbed. This is a list of wadis in United Arab Emirates arranged by drainage basin.

Persian Gulf

Gulf of Oman

Interior

See also

References

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