Table 1 Catchment areas of the GBM basins
From: Conceptualizing environmental governance on the GBM basin
Country | Ganga basin | Brahmaputra basin | Meghna basin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basin area (1000 km2) | Percentage of total area | Basin area (1000 km2) | Percentage of total area | Basin area (1000 km2) | Percentage of total area | |
China | 33 | 3 | 293 | 50 | – | – |
Nepal | 140 | 13 | – | – | – | – |
Bhutan | – | – | 45 | 8 | – | – |
India | 861 | 80 | 195 | 34 | 49 | 58 |
Bangladesh | 46 | 4 | 47 | 8 | 36 | 42 |