The Gassan Volcano is dissected by several rivers, most of which were already investigated by the present author from the limnological point. The Tsunogawa River is one of the important rivers in the vicinity of that volcano. In this paper, the geochemical features of this river system are reported under the geological considerations ; moreover, the seasonal change of water quality of this main stream is described in detail. The results of the investigation are summarized as follows :
1. It must be noted that, among the tributaries of the Tsuno-gawa River, the Sawauchi-gawa and the Tochiyama-gawa, both of which start from the neighbourhood of the Uwanodai Hill composed of volcanic ash and mudstone, are characterized by high SiO
2 concentration under the influence of the geological environment.
2. As for the Nagakura-gawa, the water quality is influenced to a certain extent by the copper pyrite deposit which is distributed in the valley of the upper reaches and Imagami spa' (a bicarbonate spring with chloride and sulfate contents) which gushes out in the drainage basin.
3. The water quality of the tributaries joining at the left side of the main stream resembles each other. So far as the SiO
2 content, the amount of dissolved iron and the KMmO
4 consumption are concerned, each of those observed in the tributaries at the left side is found rather small as compared with that of the tributaries at the right side
4. The variation of the water quality at several stations of the main stream is investigated. As a result, it is found that the hardness is negatively correlated with the SO
42- content.
5. The variation of the water quality in the main stream is also observed throughout a year. A linear relationship is found to exist between the SO
42-and Cl
- content except at the flood stage. Moreover, in usual water stages, there exists the negative correlation between the evaporation residue and the SO
42-content.
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