DELTA Abandoned/Active
  (area)
Grijalva 11.70
Chao Phraya 8.95
Nile 8.68
Indus 6.41
Shatt el Arab 5.66
Ebro 5.33
Mississippi 5.33
Magdalena 5.32
Po 3.98
Burdekin
3.96
Hwang Ho 3.41
Danube 3.10
Irrawaddy 2.94
Sao Francisco 2.30
Mekong 1.85
Yangtze-Kiang 1.66
Ganges-Brahmaputra 1.62
Niger 1.60
Tana 1.52
Ord 1.39
Senegal 1.22
Godavari 1.17
Volga 0.73
Red 0.49
Lena 0.26
Orinoco 0.19