For the purpose of studying the quantity of groundwater in mountainous area, the author considered the relation betwcen precipitation and discharge of the Sozu spring which is located on the volcanic region in the northern part of Kumamoto prefecture. The Sozu spring is one of the springs found at the foot of Mt. Waita, composed of Quaternary volcanic rocks.
The author measured total amount of discharge of above-mentioned five springs, streams, and estimated that the catchment area is 4.10 km
2 from topography. Also, the author compared five hydrologic years' precipitation data, from January 1975 to March 1980, of the area studied with records of discharge of the Sozu spring. So, the author found the estimated catchment area of the Sozu spring is 1.90 km
2 in average, based on three times' measurements of discharge and their results of ranging from 1.85 km
2to 1.96 km2.
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