The ‘Benchmark River Basins’ and the institutions that coordinate them are as follows:
East Asia:
                    Mekong River Basin – Mekong River Commission (MRC), 
                    Lao PDR
                    Yellow River Basin – Yellow River Conservancy Commission 
                    (YRCC), China
South Asia:
                    Indo-gangetic River Basins – Indian Council of Agricultural 
                    Research, India
Middle East:
                    Karkheh River Basin - Agricultural Research and Education 
                    Organization, Iran
Africa:
                    Volta River Basin – CSIR Water Research Institute, Ghana
                    Limpopo River Basin – Agricultural Research Council 
                    – South Africa
                    Nile River Basin – National Water Research Centre, Egypt
Latin America:
                    Sao Francisco River Basins – Brazilian Agricultural 
                    research Corporation, Brazil
                    Andes System of Basins - Consortium for the Sustainable Development 
                    of the Andean Ecoregion, Peru