- Source: List of most-polluted rivers
This list contains rivers and other streams that have been regarded, currently or historically, as among the most polluted in the world due to their quantity of pollution, the severity of different components of the stream's pollution, its impact on the local population, or a combination of all factors.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Historically polluted rivers
See also
List of most-polluted cities by particulate matter concentration