| Main criteria | Sub-criteria | Description |
| C1—Water quantity | C1.1—Human water stress | Estimations of domestic water consumption in litres per capita per day (l/c/d) |
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| C1.2—Agricultural water stress | Total annual irrigation water demand [m3/s] by country and main scenario |
| C2—Water quality | C2.1—Nutrient pollution | Average total Nitrogen and Phosphorus exceeded the US EPA water quality standard. |
| C3—Ecosystems | C3.1—Ecosystem impacts from dams | Dam density (the density of tributary and mainstream dams) |
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| C3.2—Threat to fish | Percentage of mean predicted change of non-native fish in river sections. |
| C4—Socioeconomics | C4.1—Economic dependence on water resources | Monthly irrigation water diversion by country in each main scenario |
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| C4.2—Societal wellbeing | Poverty levels (% of people below the poverty line) of corridor zones by development scenario |