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Most Polluted Rivers
1. Citarum River, Indonesia2. Ganges River, India3. Mantanza-Riachuelo River, Argentina4. Buriganga River, Bangladesh6. Jordan River, Israel7. Yellow River, China8. Marilao River, Philippines9. Sarno River, Italy10. Mississippi River, U.S.A
Listed below are the ten polluted rivers in the
world.
1. Citarum River, Indonesia Citarum river flows through
the Indonesian province of West Java.It plays an
important role in serving people great way by
supplying water for irrigation and agriculture, industry,
fishery and also in the electricity production. There
are three hydroelectric power plant dams installed in this
river.
2. Ganges River, India Ganges or Ganga, is considered to be the holiest river in Hinduism. It originates from the gangotri glacier in the western Himalayas, flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of north India entering Bangladesh and merges into the Bay of Bengal.
3. Mantanza-Riachuelo River, ArgentinaOriginating in the capital city of Argentina, Buenos
Aires, and empties into the Rio de la Plata, this river is known as the “slaughter creek” in English. It is 64 km long and defines the
southern boundary of Buenos Aires federal district. This is a foul
smelling river filled with toxic substances released from the household and
industrial wastes.
4. Buriganga River, Bangladesh-
Buriganga received its term after its dispatch from the river Ganges. With difficulty to trace the channel probability is that it flowed past Rampur Boalia and terminates into Meghna estuary.
This river is one of the most important rivers of Bangladesh
and was also one of the main drinking sources along with
trade and transportation since the 17thcentury. Ever since the 20th century, the river turned
polluted.
5. Yamuna River, India
Yamuna, the largest tributary river of the Ganges, originates from the yamunotri glacier in the Lower
Himalayas. It passes through several states of north India before merging with the Ganges at the Triveni Sangam. The river meets the need of nearly 57 million people and accounts for 70% of Delhi’s
water supplies.
6. Jordan River, IsraelJordan river originates in west Asia that flows to the Dead sea. The river is bordered by the State of Israel. This river has religious significance, it being the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. In the year 1964, the Israelis had built a dam on this river to divert its water to National Water Carriers. But the environmentalists say that these dam constructions have largely disturbed the ecosystem.
7. Yellow River, ChinaThe yellow river which is
also called the Huang He, is the second longest river in Asia and the sixth longest river in the world. Ifinds its
origin in the Bayan Har mountains in Qinghai
province of western China and empties into the Bohai
sea near the city of Dongying in Shadong
province.
8. Marilao River, Philippines
Marilao river starts from the uplands of Rizal and flows through the Metro of Manila, in the Philippines. This river water is the most polluted, arousing a great concern not only to the government of Philippines but also the whole world. The non-profit environmental facility, known as the Blacksmith Institute, tagged this river as one of the world’s 30 dirtiest river in 2008, confirming the level of contamination as “high level”.
9. Sarno River, Italy“Sarnus”, as was known to the
Romans, this river originates at Mt. Sarno and passes
through Pompeii to the south of the
Italian city, Naples. The reason that this
water body is regarded as the most polluted river in the whole of Europe is
because of the dumping of all the
industrial and agricultural wastes.
10. Mississippi River, U.S.AThe term Mississippi refers to “big river” or “great river”. It is the
main river of the largest drainage
system in the entire North America and also
acts as the greatest natural and economic resource for the US.
This river flows all the way down in the US and
rises in the northern Minnesota, meandering slowly. Mississippi river
valley is one of the most fertile agricultural
region.
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