Table 1 Estimates of suspended sediment load (million tons/year) of the Ganges–Brahmaputra River from different studies (updated after Islam et al. 1999)
Suspended sediment of Ganges River | Suspended sediment of Brahmaputra River | ||
|---|---|---|---|
(Mt/y) | (Reference) | (Mt/y) | (Reference) |
375 | NEDECO (1967) | 750 | NEDECO (1967) |
1600 | Holeman (1968) | 800 | Holeman (1968) |
485 | Coleman (1969) | 617 | Coleman (1969) |
520 | BWDB (1972) | 541 | BWDB (1972) |
680 | Milliman and Meade (1983) | 1157 | Milliman and Meade (1983) |
328* | Abbas and Subramanian (1984) | 402* | Goswami (1985) |
729* | Abbas and Subramanian (1984) | 710* | Subramanian (1987) |
403 | Singh (1988) | 650 | Hossain (1992) |
316 | Islam et al. (1999) | 721 | Islam et al. (1999) |
550 | CEGIS (2010) | 590 | CEGIS (2010) |