Table 7 A comparative global heavy metals concentrations of rivers to Nworie river
Rivers | Cu | Cd | As | Cr | Ni | Zn | Mn | Pb | Fe | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nworie River, Nigeria | 0.301 | 0.053 | – | 0.049 | 0.024 | 0.059 | – | 0.787 | 0.443 | This Study |
Uruan River, Nigeria | (0.001–0.003) | – | – | – | – | (0.014–0.55) | – | (0.004–0.06) | (0.37–1.23) | Denise E. M. and John (2004) |
Weihe River, Xian, China | (18.23–69.34) | – | (18.43–39.93) | (60.54–142.93) | (15.43–62.38) | (71.32–143.64) | (519.25–1212.79) | (15.62–36.39) | – | Ahamad et al. (2020) |
Zijiang River, Hunan, China | (18.37–59.01) | – | (6.90–74.34) | (48.47–95.32) | (21.50–52.29) | (42.41–251.61) | (570.75–2106.73) | (12.70–104.32) | – | |
Jialu River, China | (8.82–107.61) | – | (2.39–14.57) | (40.04–96.39) | (19.75–80.26) | (42.39–210.00) | NA | (14.79–51.17) | – | Fu et al. (2011) |
Korotoa River, Bangladesh | 76 | – | 25 | 109 | 95 | NA | NA | 58 | – | Islam, et al. (2015) |
Axios River, Greece | 93 | – | 40 | 180 | 188 | 271 | NA | 140 | – | Karageorgis et al. (2003) |
River Po, Italy | 90.1 | – | NA | NA | 16198.5 | 645 | NA | 98.5 | – | Farkas et al.(2007) |
Gomti River, India | 245.33 | – | NA | 88.7 | 76.08 | 343.47 | 834.7 | 156.2 | – | Singh et al. (2005) |
Chenab River, Pakistan | (5.80–9.40) | – | NA | NA | NA | (11.7–50.5) | (245–851) | (2.4–32.4) | – | Hanif et al. (2016) |
Almendares River, Cuba | 420.8 | – | NA | 23.4 | NA | 708.8 | NA | 189 | – | Olivares-Rieumont et al. (2005) |
Nile River Egypt | 81 | – | NA | 274 | NA | 221 | 2810 | 23.2 | – | Rifaat (2005) |
South Platte River, USA | 480 | – | 31 | 71 | NA | 3700 | 6700 | 270 | – | Heiny, and Tate (1997) |
Tees River, UK | 76.9 | – | NA | NA | NA | 1920 | 5240 | 6880 | – | Hudson-Edwards et al. (1999) |