River Plastic Emissions Profiles

Why these river profiles matter

The 50 profiles below cover every named outfall from the study's human-reviewed table (Table S5) and help explain why short, urban, coastal rivers can matter as much as better-known continental systems. Values are modeled annual plastic mass reaching the ocean, not direct continuous measurements at each river mouth. Outfalls ranked 51 to 100 carry no verified river name in the source data and are published separately as coordinates-referenced data profiles, linked at the bottom of this page.

Unnamed top 100 outfalls

The study names only its 50 highest-ranked outfalls. The remaining top 100 points are published as coordinates-referenced data profiles rather than under invented names. Browse all 50 unnamed outfall profiles, or jump to one by rank:#51, #52, #53, #54, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, #61, #62, #63, #64, #65, #66, #67, #68, #69, #70, #71, #72, #73, #74, #75, #76, #77, #78, #79, #80, #81, #82, #83, #84, #85, #86, #87, #88, #89, #90, #91, #92, #93, #94, #95, #96, #97, #98, #99, #100.

Browse rivers by country, ocean basin, and region

By country: Philippines (19) · India (9) · Malaysia (5) · China (3) · Bangladesh (2) · Myanmar (2) · Cameroon (2) · Vietnam (1) · Thailand (1) · Nigeria (1) · Ivory Coast (1) · Tanzania (1) · Indonesia (1) · Sri Lanka (1) · Brazil (1) · Dominican Republic (1)

By ocean basin: Pacific · Indian · Atlantic · Arctic · Southern

By region: Southeast Asia · South Asia · Africa · Americas

Statistics: global totals · by country · by ocean basin