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Hukou waterfall Yellow river

 

YELLOW - Hukou waterfall upstream of the Yellow River, giving the colour to the name.

 

 

The Yellow river is 4th out or a list of 10 dirtiest rivers in the world. China’s cradle of civilization, the Yellow River is the third longest river in Asia, next to Yangtze and Yenisei.

 

It’s also the sixth longest river in the world, flowing through nine of China’s provinces to the Bohai Sea. This river is almost beyond salvation because of undrinkable water and 30% of its fishes gone.

 

China's heavy industries have tipped so much waste into the river that enormous stretches of it, amounting to over a third of its entire length, cannot be used at all anymore, either for drinking, fishing, farming or even in factories, according to criteria used by the United Nations Environmental Programme.

The Yellow River is the second-longest waterway in China after the Yangtze and the sixth-longest in the world, at 3,398 miles. Originating in the mountains around the Tibetan plateau at Qinghai, it empties out into China's East coast.

A spokesman for the Yellow River Conservation Committee, said 4.3 billion tonnes of polluting effluent were tipped into the river in 2007, mostly by factories. 

 

Around ninety percent (90%) of plastics in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers. Nine of these rivers are located in Asia and one of them borders Thailand.

 

The top 10 most polluted rivers in the world have one thing in common – they are located alongside large human populations with poor waste management (PWM) systems.

 

 

 

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RIVER

COUNTRY

POPULATION

PLASTIC

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Amazon

Brazil/Peru/ Ecuador

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1

Amur

Russia/China

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2

Brantas

Indonesia

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3

Buriganga

Bangladesh

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4

Citarum

Indonesia

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5

Congo

West Central Africa

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6

Cross

Nigeria/Cameroon

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7

Cuyahoga 

USA

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8

Ganges

India/Bangladesh

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9

Danube

Europe

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10

Dong

China

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11

Hai He (Sea)

China

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12

Hanjiang

China

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13

Huangpu

China

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14

Irrawaddy

Myanmar

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15

Imo

Nigeria

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16

Indus

Pakistan/Himalayan

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17

Irtysh

Russia/China/Kazakhstan

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18

Jordan

Israel

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19

Kwa Ibo

Nigeria

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20

Lena

Siberia

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21

Magdalena

Columbia

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22

Mantanza-Riachuelo

Argentina

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23

Marilao

Philippines

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24

Mississippi

USA

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25

Mekong

Thailand/Laos/Vietnam

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26

Niger

Guinea/Nigeria

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27

Nile

Egypt

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28

Parana

S America/Brazil

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29

Pasig

Philippines

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30

Progo

Java/Indonesia

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31

Sarno

Italy

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32

Serayu

Indonesia

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33

Solo

Java/Indonesia

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34

Tamsui

Taiwan

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35

Xi 

China

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36

Yamuna

India

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37

Yangtze

China

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38

Yellow/Huang He

China

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30

Zhujiang/Pearl

China

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40

 

 

Every year the world, produces 300 million tonnes of plastics, and 8.8 million tonnes of these are dumped into the oceans. That’s about 40 billion plastic bottles, 100 billion single-use plastic bags, and 522 million personal care items.

If you know a seriously polluted river, or one that should be a candidate on a bigger list, please contact Cleaner Ocean Foundation.

 

The rivers noted, added to hundreds of other lesser contributors feed the five ocean gyres to poison marine life and cover the seabed in a mountain of plastic.

 

1. North Atlantic Gyre

2. South Atlantic Gyre

3. Indian Ocean Gyre

4. North Pacific Gyre

5. South Pacific Gyre

 

 

Map of the most plastic polluted rivers in the world

 

JAMBECK 2010 - Global map with each country shaded according to the estimated mass of mismanaged plastic waste [millions ofmetric tons (MT)] generated in 2010 by populations living within 50 km of the coast. 192 countries were considered. Countries not included in the study are shaded white.

 

 

LINKS & REFERENCE

 

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ABS - BIOMAGNIFICATION - CANCER - CARRIER BAGS - COTTON BUDS - DDT - FISHING NETS - HEAVY METALS - MARINE LITTER - MICROBEADS

MICRO PLASTICS - NYLON - OCEAN GYRES - OCEAN WASTE -  PACKAGING - PCBS - PET - PETROLEUM - PLASTIC - PLASTICS -  POLYCARBONATE

POLYOLEFINS - POLYPROPYLENE - POLYSTYRENE - POLYTHENE - POPS PVC - SHOES - SINGLE USE - SOUP - STRAWS - WATER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 AMAZON - AMUR - BRANTAS - BURIGANGA RIVER - CITARUM RIVER - CONGO - CROSS - DANUBE - DONG - CUYAHOGA - GANGA - GANGES - HAI HE

 

HANJIANG - HUANGPU - IMO - INDUS - IRRAWADDY - IRTYSH - RIVER JORDAN  - KWA IBO - LENA - MAGDELENA - RIVER MANTANZA-RIACHUELO

 

MARILAO - MEKONG - MISSISSIPPI RIVER - NIGER - THE RIVER NILE - PARANA - PASIG - PROGO - SARNO - SERAYU - SOLO - TAMSUI

 

THAMES - XI - YAMUNA - YANGTZE RIVER - YELLOW - ZHUJIANG PEARL

 

INDEX - TOP 12 DIRTY DOZEN

 

 

 

 

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