Transboundary River Basins around the World

The world’s transboundary river basins span 151 countries, include more than 2.8 billion people (around 42 % of the world’s population), cover 62 million km2 (42 % of the total land area of the Earth), and produce around 22 000 km3 of river discharge each year (roughly 54 % of the global river discharge). From earlier known transboundary river basin delineations ( 214 transboundary basins identified by UNDESA (1978), 261 by Oregon State University (1999), 263 by OSU (2002), 276 by OSU (2012)) the number has risen to 286. For more information, visit: http://twap-rivers.org/

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notes The world’s transboundary river basins span 151 countries, include more than 2.8 billion people (around 42 % of the world’s population), cover 62 million km2 (42 % of the total land area of the Earth), and produce around 22 000 km3 of river discharge each year (roughly 54 % of the global river discharge). From earlier known transboundary river basin delineations ( 214 transboundary basins identified by UNDESA (1978), 261 by Oregon State University (1999), 263 by OSU (2002), 276 by OSU (2012)) the number has risen to 286. For more information, visit: http://twap-rivers.org/
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title Transboundary River Basins around the World