This statistic displays the average volume of river plastic mass inputs into oceans around the world as of 2017. The Yangtze river in China had an estimated annual input amounting to 333,000 metric tons of plastic.
Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
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Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). (June 7, 2017). Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). "Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*." Chart. June 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). (2017). Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). "Annual River Plastic Mass Inputs to Oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017), Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph], Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017), June 7, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/