Table 2 A comparison of the HMs results in the Nile River water with other previous studies in Egypt and other countries.

Great Cairo, Nile River, Egypt

1–7

45–85.5

19–84

148–376

65–170

Present Study

Great Cairo, Nile River, Egypt

0.01–0.09

2.19–8.89

0.03–2.07

0.36–4.45

20.48–55.81

38

Nile River, Egypt

0.2–8.1

10–51

5–50.4

30–298

10–108

4

Nile River, Egypt

Nd–3.69

1.1–20.30

6.8–42.80

14.5–62.30

9.90–68.20

31

Nile River, Egypt

Nd–5

Nd–170

163–402

–

50–700

36

Nile River, Rosetta Branch, Egypt

0.81–2.3

14–72

9.3–67.9

40–220

21.1–133

3

Damietta branch, Nile River, Egypt

0.2–2

4.1–46.33

–

7.3–138.4

28.55–117.36

37

Nile Islands, Egypt

0.7–9.3

6.8–73

3.5–66.5

21.8–247.7

16–140

40

Ismailia Canal, Nile River, Egypt

Nd–2.94

2–21.24

10.55–34.01

20–483.4

1.4–127.9

39

Bahr Yusuf Canal, Egypt

1.86–8.25

3.04–13.94

17.62–49.62

23.29–69.35

16.03–42.18

41

El Bahr El pharaony, Nile River, Egypt

Nd-7

0–13.6

0.2–31.8

1.6–720

3–222

42

Halda River, Bangladesh

1–8

–

700–2600

175–1185

399–941

47

Pasig River, Philippines

Nd-51

Nd-63

Nd-628

–

–

48

Pearl River, China

0.05–0.75

3–5

0.06–1.09

–

17–61

49

Orontes River, Turkey

Nd-0.16

2.01–20.9

0.3–3.3

13–1555

1–87

50