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Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects

TABLE I-11 Final Estimates of Worldwide Land-based Contributions of Hydrocarbons and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) to the Sea

World Region	Coastal Zone	Description	Hydrocarbons (tonne yr⁻¹)	PAH (tonne yr⁻¹)
North America^a	A	No urban areas	0	0
	B	Coastal	0	0
		Saskatchewan	653	7
		Subtotal	653	7
	C	Coastal	128	1
		St. Lawrence	370	4
		Subtotal	498	5
	D	Coastal	22,314	223
		Delaware	932	9
		Hudson	4,029	40
		James	1,409	14
		Potomac	37	0
		Susquehanna	515	5
		Subtotal	29,236	292
	E	Coastal	1,502	15
		Altamaha	103	1
		Neuse	197	2
		Roanoke	91	1
		Santee	504	5
		Savannah	119	1
		Subtotal	2,516	25
	F	Coastal	797	8
		Alabama-Tombigbee	373	4
		Apalachicola	408	4
		Subtotal	1,578	16
	G	Coastal	1,416	14
		Gulf coast refineries^b	43	0
		Brazos	271	3
		Colorado (TX)	280	3
		Mississippi	7,885	79
		Rio Grande	825	8
		Sabine	131	1
		Trinity	444	4
		Subtotal	11,294	113
	H^a	Coastal and inland rivers	1,623	16
	I^a	No urban areas	0	0
	J	Coastal and inland rivers	864	9
	K	Coastal	1,860	19
	L	Coastal	815	8
		Sacramento	573	6
		San Joaquin	865	9
		Subtotal	2,253	23
	M	Coastal	1,016	10
		Columbia	573	6
		Subtotal	1,589	16
	N	Coastal	65	1
	O	Coastal	29	0
	P	Coastal	83	1
		Copper	0	0
		Susitna	0	0
		Subtotal	83	1
	Q	Coastal	0	0
		Yukon	0	0
		Subtotal^a	51,653	517
Africa			3,673	37
Europe			46,464	465
Central America			3,392	34
South America			7,047	70
Asia			25,402	254
Oceania			2,989	30
TOTAL			140,620	1,406
NOTES: ^aSubtotal for North America does not include Coastal Zones in Mexico; ^bSee Table I-4 for calculation of refinery loading.