About River Basins
A river basin is an area of land that is drained by a series of streams and rivers coming together and feeding into a larger river which ultimately flows into the ocean.
Basins are separated from each other by high ground, sometimes called watersheds.
Here we show the 18 major river basins of the world.
Click on a basin to see how soil moisture has changed since 1900.
- Congo River Basin
Congo River Basin
- Nile
Nile River Basin
- Niger
Niger River Basin
- Amazon
Amazon River Basin
- Mississippi
Mississippi River Basin
- Rhine
Rhine River Basin
- Danube
Danube River Basin
- Mackenzie
Mackenzie River Basin
- Volga
Volga River Basin
- Parana
Parana River Basin
- Orange
Orange River Basin
- Lena
Lena River Basin
- Indus
Indus River Basin
- Ganges
Ganges Brahmaputra River Basin
- Mekong
Mekong River Basin
- Huang He
Huang He River Basin
- Chang Jiang
Chang Jiang River Basin
- Murray Darling
Murray Darling River Basin
