Table 3 Hydrogeochemical data of Indian and World’s rivers.

mg/L

West flowing

Manimala

25.23

2.44

0.94

2.28

1.07

8.72

2.65

7.03

8.37

0.88

Padmalal et al.⁵⁶ (2012)

Pambar

151

9.66

6.78

10.52

1.88

30.71

4.71

71.44

2.10

Thomas et al.⁶¹ (2015b)

Muthirapuzha

131

10.22

5.18

5.61

2.23

36.28

3.75

51.31

2.70

Thomas et al.⁸⁶ (2014)

Achankovil

54

2.68

1.19

3.26

0.98

23.04

0.58

13.42

4.27

Prasad & Ramanathan⁵⁹ (2005)

Netravati

38

2.97

1.29

3.17

0.70

3.23

1.15

18.85

11.72

Gurumurthy et al.², (2012)

West-flowing rivers of Deccan volcanic province

82

6.85

3.21

3.95

0.23

3.91

1.15

40.57

21.63

Das et al.⁷⁹ (2005)

Peninsular

Narmada

248

25.81

10.86

13.99

1.49

4.33

2.88

167.66

19.77

Gupta et al.³ (2011)

Bhima

347

27.77

13.34

42.47

1.76

33.23

50.72

151.30

22.83

Das et al.⁷⁹ (2005)

Krishna (upstream)

112

11.86

4.59

6.37

0.55

6.82

3.55

60.46

16.22

Das et al.⁷⁹ (2005)

Godavari

214

31.17

10.64

27.42

3.91

25.56

18.06

137.39

26.32

Jha et al.¹⁴ (2009)

Tapti

474

20.32

19.83

69.14

5.32

43.58

17.42

202.4

2.23

Sharma & Subramanian⁹⁸ (2008)

Himalayan

Kali River

118.68

11.95

3.23

13.15

1.88

14.48

9.39

53.44

10.81

0.39

Arun et al.⁶⁴ (2022)

World rivers

Amazon

41.71

5.58

0.91

2.04

0.90

1.63

2.42

20.38

7.85

Mortatti & Probst⁸⁷ (2003)

Orinoco

30.13

3.26

0.77

1.34

0.79

0.8

2.78

11.26

7.44

0.03

Laraque et al.⁸⁸ (2013)

Loire

0.71

0.32

0.67

2.21

1.61

Gaillardet et al.²⁴ (1999)