Table 1.

Physical-chemical Characteristics of the Four Major Rivers in Southern Taiwan and Their Sampling Stations.

Table 1-1. Physical Characteristics of the Four Rivers.
Characteristic	Kao-Ping River	Tong Kong River		Era-Jiin River		Lin Bien River
River length (km)	170.9	46.90		65.18		42.19
Drainage area (km2)	3,256.8	472.20		350.4		344
Annual sediment discharge (MT/km2)	10,934	1,292		37,424		5,349
Mean annual runoff (106 M3)	8,455.35	1,117.62		498.88		863.84
Slope	1:43	1:41		1:142		1:15
Average annual Rainfall (mm)	3,046.1	2,499.8		1,909.9		3,330.7
Table 1-2. Physical Characteristics and Salinity of Collection Stations.
Characteristic	KP	Tong Kong River		Era-Jiin River		LB
		TKS	TKM	EJ1	EJ2
River width (m)	300	150–200	600–700	200	150	300–350
Bottom type	Sand & stone	Sand & mud	Sand	Mud & sand	Mud	Sand & stone
Average depth (m)	1.5	2.5	2.0–3.3	2.0	1.5	0.5–1.5
Salinity	Tidal freshwater	Tidal freshwater	Mesohaline	Mesohaline	Tidal freshwater	Tidal freshwater
Discharge (m3/s)	7.2–1,000a	2.7–48.1b	9.0–66.7b			17.95

Source: [49]

Source: Measured in situ for this study;

^a[49];

^b[50].