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 |