TABLE 1
WETLAND LOSS (sq km) AND AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF LOSS (sq km/yr) IN FIFTEEN DELTAS 
DELTA OPEN WATER NET LOSS AVERAGE NET LOSS BY AGRICULTURAL AVERAGE TOTAL WETLAND LOSS AVERAGE Area of delta
    RATE/YR AND INDUSTRIAL USE RATE/YR   RATE/YR Measurement
Danube     83 6 83 6 3,066
Ganges/Brah. 783 65 3,507 292 4,290 358 5,930
Indus 960 120 635 79 1,595 199 1,380
Mahanadi 116 39 22 7 94 31 1,440
Mangoky 43 3 90 6 133 9 1,449
McKenzie 24 12 24 12 995
Mississippi 252 21 112 9 364 30 1,904
Niger 81 5 7 0.5 88 6 1,110
Nile 2.4 0.2 12 0.7 14 0.8 872
Shatt el Arab 1,610 101 5,089 318 6,699 419 1,340
Volga 100 6 177 10 277 16 1,420
Yellow 8 1 727 66 735 67 1,960
Yukon 1,100 157     1,100 157 4,654
Zambezi 24 2 325 23 349 25 2,705
TOTAL LOSS 5,104   10,786   15,845   30,225
AVE RATE 41 68 95