What are the top 5 polluted rivers in Asia?
ummm i cant give u a specific answer because there r many polluted rivers in Asia actually the most polluted rivers r in Asia xD & there r many conflicts between the sources either on the Internet or books so its very hard to rank rivers around the world in terms of which one is the dirtiest But this list of findings after a search – Citarum River (West Java, Indonesia) … in 2008, the Asian Development Bank approved a $500 million loan for cleaning up the river, calling it the world’s dirtiest. – Ganges (India, Nepal, Bangladesh) … The water there contains 60,000 faecal coliform bacteria per 100 ml, 120 times the official limit of 500 faecal coliforms/100ml that is considered safe for bathing – The Yellow River or Hwang Ho (China) … The Yellow River Conservancy Committee, in 2007 surveyed more than 8,384 miles of the river, said 33.8% of the river system registered worse than level five. According to criteria used by the UN Environment Program, level five is unfit for drinking, a
