Appendix: River basin list — and South African Water Management Areas — by country
Sources: CEO Water Mandate (2016) Interactive Database of the World’s River Basins; WRI – river basins by country.
| Country | Water Area |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Amy Darya, Helman, Indus, Murghab - Hari Rud, Tarim |
| Albania | Danube, Drin, Vilose |
| Algeria | Chelif, Dra, Lake Chad, Medjerda, Niger, Tafna |
| Andorra | Ebro, Garonne |
| Angola | Congo, Cuanza, Cunene, Okavango, Zambezi |
| Argentina | Baker, Biobio, Chubut, Colorado(Argentina,) Gallegos-Chico, Huasco, Lake Mar Chiquita, Lake Titicaca, Limari, Negro(Argentina,) Palena, Parana, Rapel, Rio Grande, Rio Salado, Salado, Santa Cruz, Uruguay |
| Armenia | Kura - Ozero Sevan |
| Australia | Ashburton River, Blackwood River, Burdekin, Daly, De Grey River, Eyre Lake, Fitzroy River, Flinders River, Fortescue River, Gascoyne River, Gilbert River, Leichhardt River, Macarthur River, Mitchell River(N. Au,) Murchison River, Murray - Darling, Ord, Roper River, South Esk River, Victoria River |
| Austria | Danube, Elbe River, Rhine |
| Azerbaijan | Kura - Ozero Sevan |
| Bangladesh | Ganges - Brahmaputra |
| Belarus | Dniepr, Narv, Neman, Vuoksi - Neva, Western Dvina (Daugava) Wisla |
| Belgium | Meuse, Rhine, Seine |
| Belize | Grisalva |
| Benin | Mono, Niger, Oueme, Volta |
| Bhutan | Ganges - Brahmaputra |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Amazonas, Lake Titicaca, Loa, Parana |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Danube |
| Botswana | Limpopo, Okavango, Orange, Zambezi |
| Brazil | Amazonas, Corantijn, Cuyuni - Essequibo, Jequitinhonha, Lagoon Mirim, Maroni, Mucuri, Negro (Uruguay), Orinoco, Oyapock, Paraiba Do Sul, Parana, Rio Acarau, Rio Araguari, Rio Capim, Rio De Contas, Rio Doce, Rio Gurupi, Rio Itapecuru, Rio Itapicuru, Rio Jacui, Rio Jaguaribe, Rio Mearim, Rio Paraguacu, Rio Paraiba, Rio Parnaiba, Rio Pindare, Rio Prado, Rio Ribeira Do Iguape, Rio Vaza-Barris, Sao Francisco, Tocantins, Uruguay |
| Bulgaria | Danube, Maritsa, Rezvaya, Struma, Vardar, Veleka |
| Burkina Faso | Comoe, Niger, Volta |
| Burundi | Congo, Nile |
| Cambodia | Chao Phraya, Mekong, Saigon |
| Cameroon | Congo, Cross, Lake Chad, Niger, Ntem, Nyoung, Ogooue, Sanaga |
| Canada | Albany River, Alsek River, Anderson River, Arnaud, Attawapiskat River, Baleine Grande Riviere De La, Caniapiscau - Aux Melezes, Churchill River, Churchill Fleuve (Labrador), Columbia River, Connecticut River, Copper River, Coppermine River, Eastmain, Ellice River, Ferguson River, Feuilles (Riviere Aux), Fraser River, George River, Grande Riviere, Grande Riviere De La Baleine, Hayes River (Trib. Arctic Ocean) - Back River, Hayes River (Trib. Hudson Bay), Hornaday River, Horton River, Little Mecatina River, Mackenzie River, Manicouagan (Riviere), Mississippi River, Moose River (Trib. Hudson Bay), Nass River, Natashquan (Riviere), Nelson River, Nottaway, Penobscot River, Quoich River, Rupert River, Saguenay (Riviere), Saint John River, Seal River, Severn River (Trib. Hudson Bay), Skeena River, St.Croix River, St.Lawrence, Stikine River, Taku River, Thelon River, Thlewiaza River, Winisk River, Yukon River |
| Central African Republic | Congo, Lake Chad, Nile, Sanaga |
| Chad | Lake Chad, Niger |
| Chile | Baker, Biobio, Chubut, Colorado (Argentinia), Gallegos-Chico, Huasco, Lake Titicaca, Limari, Loa, Negro (Argentinia), Palena, Rapel, Rio Grande, Santa Cruz |
| China | Amu Darya, Amur, Balkhash, Dalinghe, Dong Jiang, Fuchun Jiang, Ganges - Brahmaputra, Han Jiang, Hong(Red River), Huang He (Yellow River), Indus, Irrawaddy, Liao He, Luan He, Mekong, Min Jiang, Ob, Salween, Syr Darya, Tarim, Xi Jiang - Bei Jiang, Yalu Jiang, Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), Yongding He |
| Colombia | Amazonas, Atrato, Magdalena, Mira, Orinoco, Patia, San Juan (Columbia - Pacific) |
| Congo | Congo, Kouilou, Nyanga, Ogooue |
| Costa Rica | San Juan |
| Côte D'ivoire | Bandama, Cavally, Cestos, Comoe, Niger, Sassandra - Davo, St John, Tano, Volta |
| Croatia | Danube |
| Czechia | Danube, Elbe river, Oder river |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Amur, Han-Gang (Han River), Yalu Jiang |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Congo, Kouilo, Nile, Zambezi |
| Denmark | Gudena, Skjern A |
| Djibouti | Awash |
| Ecuador | Amazonas, Chira, Daule & Vinces, Esmeraldas, Mira, Patia, Tumbes, Zarumilla |
| Egypt | Dead Sea, Nile |
| El Salvador | Lempa |
| Equatorial Guinea | Ntem, Ogooue |
| Eritrea | Baraka, Nile |
| Estonia | Narva, Western Dvina (Daugava) |
| Ethiopia | Awash, Lake Turkana, Nile, Shebelle |
| Finland | Iijoki, Kem, Kemijoki, Kokemaenjoki, Kymijoki, Muonio, Oulujoki, Tana (No, Fi), Tuloma, Vuoksi - Neva |
| France | Amazonas, Ebro, Garonne, Loire, Maroni, Meuse, Muga, Oyapock, Po, Rhine, Rhone, Roia, Seine |
| Gabon | Congo, Kouilou, Ntem, Nyanga, Ogooue |
| Gambia | Gambia |
| Georgia | Coruh, Kuban, Kura - Ozero Sevan, Terek |
| Germany | Danube, Elbe River, Meuse, Oder River, Rhine, Weser |
| Ghana | Comoe, Pra, Tano, Volta |
| Greece | Maritsa, Struma, Vardar, Vijose |
| Guatemala | Grisalva, Lempa, Motagua |
| Guinea | Cavally, Cestos, Corubal, Gambia, Geba, Great Scarcies, Little Scarcies, Lofa, Mano-Morro, Moa, Niger, Sassandra - Davo, Senegal, St John, St Paul |
| Guinea-Bissau | Corubal, Geba |
| Guyana | Amazonas, Barima, Corantijn, Cuyuni - Essequibo, Orinoco |
| Honduras | Coco, Lempa, Motagua, Patacua, Ulua |
| Hungary | Danube |
| Iceland | Joekulsa A Fjoellum, Lagarfljot, Oelfusa, Svarta, Skagafiroi |
| India | Brahmani River (Bhahmani), Cauvery River, Damodar River, Ganges - Brahmaputra, Godavari, Indus, Irrawaddy, Kaladan, Krishna, Mahanadi River (Mahahadi), Mahi River, Narmada, Penner River, Tapti River |
| Indonesia | Batang Hari, Batang Kuantan, Brantas, Eilanden, Fly, Lorentz, Mamberamo, Rajang, Sembakung, Sepik, Solo (Bengawan Solo), Sungai Kajan, Sungai Kapuas, Sungai Mahakam, Uwimbu |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Atrek, Daryacheh-Ye Orumieh, Dasht, Helmand, Kura - Ozero Sevan, Murghab - Hari Rud, Tigris & Euphrates, Van Golu |
| Iraq | Daryacheh-Ye Orumieh, Dead Sea, Tigris & Euphrates |
| Ireland | Bann, Fane, Foyle |
| Israel | Dead Sea |
| Italy | Danube, Po, Rhine, Rhone, Roia |
| Japan | Gono (Go), Ishikari, Kiso, Kitakami, Mogami, Shinano, Chikuma, Tenryu, Tone, Yodo |
| Jordan | Dead Sea, Tigris & Euphrates |
| Kazakhstan | Amu Darya, Aral Drainage, Balkhash, Issyk-Kul, Ob, Syr Darya, Tarim, Ural, Volga |
| Kenya | Galana, Lake Natron, Lake Turkana, Nile, Pangani, Shebelle, Tana |
| Kuwait | Tigris & Euphrates |
| Kyrgyzstan | Amu Darya, Balkhash, Issyk-Kul, Syr Darya, Tarim |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Ca, Chao Phraya, Hong (Red River), Ma, Mekong, Tranh (Nr Thu Bon) |
| Latvia | Narva, Neman, Western Dvina (Daugava) |
| Lebanon | Asi (Orontes), Dead Sea |
| Lesotho | Orange, Tugela |
| Liberia | Cavally, Cestos, Lofa, Mano-Morro, Moa, St John, St Paul |
| Libya | Lake Chad |
| Liechtenstein | Rhine |
| Lithuania | Neman, Western Dvina (Daugava) |
| Luxemburg | Meuse, Rhine |
| Madagascar | Betisboka, Mangoky, Tsiribihina |
| Malawi | Congo, Rovuma, Zambezi |
| Malaysia | Kelantan, Kinabatangan, Pahang, Perak, Rajang, Sembakung, Sungai Kajan, Sungai Kapuas, Sungai Mahakam |
| Mali | Bandama, Comoe, Niger, Senegal, Volta |
| Mauritania | Niger, Senegal |
| Mexico | Armeria, Balsas, Bravo, Colorado River (Pacific Ocean), Conception, Fuerte, Grisalva, Panuco, Papaloapan, San Pedro, Santiago, Verde, Yaqui |
| Republic of Moldova | Danube, Dniestr |
| Mongolia | Amur, Lake Ubsa, Ob, Yenisei |
| Montenegro | Danube, Drin |
| Morocco | Dra, Sebou, Tafna |
| Mozambique | Buzi, Incomati, Limpopo, Lurio, Maputo, Messalo, Rovuma, Save, Zambezi |
| Myanmar | Chao Phraya, Ganges - Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy, Kaladan, Mae Klong, Mekong, Salween, Sittang River |
| Namibia | Cunene, Okavango, Orange, Zambezi |
| Nepal | Ganges - Brahmaputra, Indus |
| Netherlands | Meuse, Rhine |
| New Zealand | Clutha, Waikato River |
| Nicaragua | Coco, Grande De Matagalpa, Patacua, San Juan |
| Niger | Lake Chad, Niger |
| Nigeria | Cross, Lake Chad, Niger, Oueme, Sanaga |
| Norway | Angerman, Dalalven, Dramselv, Gloma, Kemijoki, Lule, Muonio, Tana (No, Fi), Vaenern-Goeta |
| Pakistan | Amu Darya, Dasht, Helmand, Indus, Tarim |
| Panama | Atrato |
| Papua New Guinea | Fly, Mamberamo, Purari, Sepik, Uwimbu |
| Paraguay | Parana |
| Peru | Amazonas, Canete, Chira, Lake Titicaca, Majes, Ocona, Santa, Tumbes, Zarumilla |
| Poland | Danube, Dniestr, Elbe River, Neman, Oder River, Wisla |
| Portugal | Douro, Guadiana, Lima, Mino, Tejo |
| Serbia | Danube, Drin, Struma, Vardar |
| Republic of Korea | Han-Gang (Han River), Naktong |
| Romania | Danube |
| Russian Federation | Alazeya, Amur, Anabar, Anadyr, Dniepr, Don, Indigirka, Kamchatka, Kem, Kemijoki, Khatanga, Kolyma, Kovda, Kuban, Kura - Ozero Sevan, Lake Taymur, Lake Ubsa, Lena, Mezen, Nadym, Narva, Neman, Nizhny Vyg (Soroka), Northern Dvina (Severnaya Dvina), Ob, Olenek, Omoloy, Onega, Oulujoki, Palyavaam, Pechora, Ponoy, Popigay, Pur, Pyasina, Taz, Terek, Tuloma, Ural, Varzuga, Volga, Vuoksi - Neva, Western Dvina (Daugava), Yana, Yenisei |
| Rwanda | Congo, Nile |
| Saudi Arabia | Dead Sea, Tigris & Euphrates |
| Senegal | Gambia, Geba, Senegal |
| Sierra Leone | Great Scarcies, Little Scarcies, Mano-Morro, Moa, Niger |
| Slovakia | Danube, Oder River, Wisla |
| Slovenia | Danube |
| Somalia | Shebelle |
| South Africa | Doring, Gamka, Groot, Groot-Kei, Groot-Vis, Incomati, Limpopo, Maputo, Orange, Tugela, Olifants, Inkomati-Usuthu, Pongola-Uzimkulu, Vaal, Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma, Breede-Gouritz, Berg-Olifants |
| South Sudan | Congo, Lake Turkana |
| Spain | Douro, Ebro, Garonne, Guadalquivir, Guadiana, Lima, Mino, Muga, Tejo |
| Sudan | Baraka, Congo, Lake Chad, Nile |
| Suriname | Amazonas, Coppename, Corantijn, Maroni, Suriname |
| Swaziland | Incomati, Maputo |
| Sweden | Angerman, Dalalven, Gloma, Kalixaelven, Lake Vattern, Lule, Muonio, Vaenern-Goeta |
| Switzerland | Danube, Po, Rhine, Rhone |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Asi (Orontes), Dead Sea, Tigris & Euphrates |
| Tajikistan | Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Tarim |
| Thailand | Chao Phraya, Kelantan, Mae Klong, Mekong, Perak, Salween |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Danube, Drin, Struma, Vardar |
| Togo | Mono, Oueme, Volta |
| Tunisia | Medjerda |
| Turkey | Asi (Orontes), Coruh, Daryacheh-Ye Orumieh, Kel Kit, Kizilirmak, Kura - Ozero Sevan, Maritsa, Rezvaya, Sakarya, Tigris & Euphrates, Van Golu, Veleka |
| Turkmenistan | Amu Darya, Atrek, Murghab - Hari Rud |
| Uganda | Congo, Lake Turkana, Nile |
| Ukraine | Danube, Dniepr, Dniestr, Don, Southern Bug, Wisla |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain And Northern Ireland | Bann, Fane, Foyle, Spey, Thames, Trent, Tweed |
| United States of America | Alabama River & Tombigbee, Alsek River, Altamaha River, Apalachicola River, Bravo, Brazos River, Cape Fear River, Colorado River (Caribbean Sea), Colorado River (Pacific Ocean), Columbia River, Colville River, Conception, Connecticut River, Copper River, Delaware River, Eel River (Calif.), Fraser River, Great Salt Lake, Hudson River, James River, Klamath River, Kobuk River, Kuskokwim River, Merrimack River, Mississippi River, Nelson River, Noatak River, Nueces River, Nushagak River, Pearl River, Pee Dee River, Penobscot River, Potomac River, Roanoke River, Rogue River, Sabine River, Sacramento River - San Joaquin River, Saint John River, Salinas, San Antonio River, Santee River, Savannah River, St. Croix River, St. Johns River, St. Lawrence, Stikine River, Susitna River, Susquehanna River, Suwannee River, Taku River, Trinity River (Texas), Yaqui, Yukon River |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Congo, Galana, Lake Natron, Nile, Pangani, Rovuma, Rufiji, Ruvu |
| Uruguay | Lagoon Mirim, Negro (Uruguay), Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan | Amu Darya, Aral Drainage, Issyk-Kul, Syr Darya |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Amazonas, Barima, Cuyuni - Essequibo, Magdalena, Orinoco |
| Viet Nam | Ca, Chao Phraya, Hong(Red River), Ma, Mekong, Saigon, Tranh (Nr Thu Bon), Xi Jiang - Bei Jiang |
| Zambia | Congo, Zambezi |
| Zimbabwe | Buzi, Limpopo, Okavango, Save, Zambezi |
