diff --git a/src/ui/regionalFeatures/regionalFeature.service.ts b/src/ui/regionalFeatures/regionalFeature.service.ts
index 07507f9ebeb1f8812325d3ec9afdb23e032d48fc..3a4f61c055c98d7d7bdfa139525f36b5241a6929 100644
--- a/src/ui/regionalFeatures/regionalFeature.service.ts
+++ b/src/ui/regionalFeatures/regionalFeature.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
 import { Inject, Injectable, OnDestroy, Optional } from "@angular/core";
 import { PureContantService } from "src/util";
 import { getIdFromFullId, getRegionHemisphere, getStringIdsFromRegion, flattenReducer } from 'common/util'
-import { forkJoin, from, Observable, of, Subject, Subscription } from "rxjs";
+import { forkJoin, from, Observable, of, Subject, Subscription, throwError } from "rxjs";
 import { catchError, map, mapTo, shareReplay, switchMap } from "rxjs/operators";
 import { IHasId } from "src/util/interfaces";
 import { select, Store } from "@ngrx/store";
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class RegionalFeaturesService implements OnDestroy{
   )
 
   public getAllFeaturesByRegion(region: {['fullId']: string}){
-    if (!region.fullId) throw new Error(`getAllFeaturesByRegion - region does not have fullId defined`)
+    if (!region.fullId) return throwError(`getAllFeaturesByRegion - region does not have fullId defined`)
     const regionFullIds = getStringIdsFromRegion(region)
     const hemisphereObj = (() => {
       const hemisphere = getRegionHemisphere(region)
diff --git a/src/ui/regionalFeatures/singleFeatures/base/regionFeature.base.ts b/src/ui/regionalFeatures/singleFeatures/base/regionFeature.base.ts
index 3df5683951fafd247179e18d0be3a5f0d93862ee..6755dfca6a92819dd831118c13ef09b48f66c2c4 100644
--- a/src/ui/regionalFeatures/singleFeatures/base/regionFeature.base.ts
+++ b/src/ui/regionalFeatures/singleFeatures/base/regionFeature.base.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { EventEmitter, Input, Output, SimpleChanges } from "@angular/core"
 import { BehaviorSubject, forkJoin, Observable, of } from "rxjs"
-import { shareReplay, switchMap, tap } from "rxjs/operators"
+import { catchError, shareReplay, switchMap, tap } from "rxjs/operators"
 import { IHasId } from "src/util/interfaces"
 import { IFeature, RegionalFeaturesService } from "../../regionalFeature.service"
 
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ export class RegionFeatureBase{
         ? this._regionalFeatureService.getAllFeaturesByRegion(changes.region.currentValue)
         : of([])
       ).pipe(
-
+        /**
+         * region may have no fullId defined
+         * in this case, just emit []
+         */
+        catchError(() => of([]))
       ).subscribe({
         next: features => this.features = features,
         complete: () => this.isLoading = false