| River | DIC (mmol/L) | References |
| Amazon River | 0.96 - 1.2 | Ternon et al., 2000 |
| Mississippi River | 3.6 - 3.84 | Cai, 2003 |
| Indus River | 3.36 | Cosa et al., 1983 |
| Gatami River | 2.08 - 3.0 | Bouillons, 2003 |
| The Ganges | 2.4 - 2.52 | Cosa et al., 1983 |
| The Yangtze River | 2.1312 | Wu et al., 2007 |
| The Yellow River | 3.48 | Cauwet and Mackenzie, 1993 |
| Zhujiang River | 1.44 - 1.8 | Cai et al., 2004 |
| Yellow River Basin | 3.6 | Xia Bin, 2010 |
| Haihe River Basin | 4.8 | Xia Bin, 2010 |
| The Luan River | 4.8 | Xia Bin, 2010 |
| Estuary area of Yellow River | 3.6744 - 5.754 | Liu et al., 2010 |
| Hongjiadu Reservoir | 2.19 | Yu et al., 2008 |
| Maotiaohe River Basin | 1.35 - 3.98 | Li et al., 2009 |
| The Jialing River Cascade Reservoir | 0.41 - 3.674 | Li et al., 2015 |
| The Yangtze River | 1.72 | Sivaji Patra et al., 2010 |
| Wujiang River | 2.715 | Liu et al., 2007 |
| Three Gorges Reservoir (upstream of dam) | 1.9 - 2.4 | Wu et al., 2012 |