List of the most polluted rivers in the United States
The following list contains the 50 most polluted rivers in the United States. The scale in which it is measured on is how much pollution in volume the rivers get on a yearly basis.
# Mississippi River, gains 702,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Ohio River, gains 35,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Tennessee River, gains 22,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Houston Ship Channel, gains 18,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Ward Cove, gains 14,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Savannah River, gains 13,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Delaware River, gains 13,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Thames River, gains 13,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Rock River, gains 8,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Straits of Juan de Fuca, gains 7,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Amelia River, gains 7,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Gravelly Run, gains 6,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Calcasieu River, gains 5,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Ouachita River, gains 4,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Mobile River, gains 4,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Columbia River, gains 4,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Holston River, gains 4,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Genesee River, gains 3,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Kansas River, gains 3,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Martins Creek, gains 3,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Los Angeles River, gains 3,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Brazos River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Cuyahoga River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Patapsco River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Kanawha River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Susquehanna River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Quinnipiac River, gains 2,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Fenholloway River, gains 1,000,000 pounds each year
# Cedar River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Everett River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Hudson River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Missouri River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Neches Harbor, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Alabama River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Wisconsin River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Wabash River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Blackwater River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Detroit River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Little Attapulgus Creek, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Androscoggin River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Escatawpa River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Pigeon River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Cook Inlet, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Cape Fear River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Des Moines River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Tombigbee River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Willamette River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Colorado River, gains 1,000,000 pounds of trash each year
# Santa Ana River, gains 900,000 pounds of trash each year
 
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