One-sixth

One-sixth of major rivers in China are so polluted that the water is unfit even for farmland, a senior official said in a bleak assessment of the environmental price of the country's economic boom.

Asia in Pictures 2011

One-sixth of the reserve is a sanctuary for addax.

Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

One-sixth of the world's population is Muslim, belonging to a culture that is primarily based on the principles of peace and tranquility.

Kiri Westby: We Cannot Let Fear Turn Into Hate: Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Speaks 2009

One-sixth of the American economy, and, as both sides are arguing, fundamentally redefining the relationship between the citizen and the State.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 7th Circuit Says Gun Registration is OK. Guns at Obama protests: 2009

MATALIN: One-sixth of the economy and the overwhelming majority of them have no idea what's in there.

CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009 2009

One-sixth of the rankings are based on four-year college graduation rates -- half of that is the actual graduation rate, the other half the gap between the average rate and a predicted rate based on characteristics of the school.

America's Best Colleges 2009 By Richard Vedder 2009

One-sixth of them died—the vast majority from hunger-related diseases such as tuberculosis and famine-dropsy, which is a ghastly swelling of the limbs and face caused by protein deficiency and subsequent organ failure.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008

One-sixth of the diocesan priests and one-fourth of those in religious orders said they were born outside the United States.

Newer priests are older, more culturally diverse, study finds Argent 2006

One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.

Stewart Brand on squatter cities 2006

One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.

Stewart Brand on squatter cities 2006