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CO2 partial pressure in large rivers in the world |
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| pCO2 μatm |
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| River |
Country |
Mean |
s.d. |
Reference |
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| Central Amazon |
Brazil |
4350 |
1900 |
13 |
| Colorado |
USA |
4295 |
195 |
9 # |
| Columbia |
Canada |
1123 |
1175 |
9 * |
| Elbe |
Germany |
4095 |
1758 |
9 * |
| Hudson River Estuary |
USA |
1125 |
403 |
6 |
| Humber |
U.K |
1500–6000 |
- |
12 |
| Illinois |
USA |
4419 |
240 |
9 # |
| Lagan River |
N. Ireland |
2722 |
1457 |
55 |
| Main channel of Upper St.Lawrence |
Canada |
381 |
93 |
8 |
| Mississippi |
USA |
4593 |
183 |
9 # |
| Parana |
Brazil |
3139 |
3240 |
56 |
| Rhone |
France |
2015 |
944 |
9 * |
| Scheldt estuary |
Belgium/Netherlands |
5700–9500 |
- |
2 |
| Seine |
France |
1982 |
780 |
9 * |
| St.Lawrence |
Canada |
1300 |
- |
11 |
| Upper Jordan |
Jordan |
2461 |
608 |
57 |
| Weser |
Germany |
4395 |
2966 |
9 * |
| Meech Lake |
Canada |
6929 |
8405 |
26 |
| Changjiang |
China |
1297 |
901 |
This study |
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#: Originally from Alt, 1993; *: Originally from Kempe, 1982; -: Not available. | ||||
Wang et al. Geochemical Transactions 2007 8:7 doi:10.1186/1467-4866-8-7 |
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