Characterization of the analysis of forest vegetation, soil environmental conditions and
water quality were performed from March 2003 to March 2007. The two basins were characterized
by cultivated area (Kaesim reservoir) and mountain area (Jangchan reservoir), and divided into
eleven small basins, where dynamics of pollutants, forest vegetation and soil environmental conditions
were surveyed. The vegetation can be divided into 10 types by Zürich-Montpellier school’s
method. Pearson coefficients between vegetation type and water quality were correlated with dissolved
oxygen (DO) in the Quercus variabilis community at the 5% level and total phosphorus (TP)
in the Larix leptolepis plantation at the 1% level. Especially total phosphorous and total nitrogen
increased in small basins where the proportion of cultivated and residential area increased.
The analysis of influences of pollutant discharge on water quality showed that pollutant charge
was very low in forest land area (YT-P=-0.0017X+0.2215, r=0.16, YCOD=- 0.0395X+8.5051 r=
0.47). The soil types of western area were comparatively simple, but those of eastern area were complicated
with regosols, red-yellow soils, lithosoles, etc. The pH, total solid (TS) and volatile substance
(VS) of the forest and agricultural land soils collected in each site were 5.4~6.9, 75.8~80.2%, and
3.80%~5.80%, respectively. According to the analytical result of soil environmental conditions,
heavy metal contents fell short to the mean value of natural conditions. Runoff amount (Y) and
depth of topsoil (X) were negatively correlated, Yron=-1.0088Xtop+35.378 (r=0.68). The correlation
was much lower in up-stream but much higher in down-stream, because permeation into soil
particle was larger on down-stream due to its more or less gentle slope. Pearson coefficients between
soil pH and water pH were statistically significant at 1% level.
Characterization of the analysis of forest vegetation, soil environmental conditions and
water quality were performed from March 2003 to March 2007. The two basins were characterized
by cultivated area (Kaesim reservoir) and mountain area (Jangchan reservoir), and divided into
eleven small basins, where dynamics of pollutants, forest vegetation and soil environmental conditions
were surveyed. The vegetation can be divided into 10 types by Zürich-Montpellier school’s
method. Pearson coefficients between vegetation type and water quality were correlated with dissolved
oxygen (DO) in the Quercus variabilis community at the 5% level and total phosphorus (TP)
in the Larix leptolepis plantation at the 1% level. Especially total phosphorous and total nitrogen
increased in small basins where the proportion of cultivated and residential area increased.
The analysis of influences of pollutant discharge on water quality showed that pollutant charge
was very low in forest land area (YT-P=-0.0017X+0.2215, r=0.16, YCOD=- 0.0395X+8.5051 r=
0.47). The soil types of western area were comparatively simple, but those of eastern area were complicated
with regosols, red-yellow soils, lithosoles, etc. The pH, total solid (TS) and volatile substance
(VS) of the forest and agricultural land soils collected in each site were 5.4~6.9, 75.8~80.2%, and
3.80%~5.80%, respectively. According to the analytical result of soil environmental conditions,
heavy metal contents fell short to the mean value of natural conditions. Runoff amount (Y) and
depth of topsoil (X) were negatively correlated, Yron=-1.0088Xtop+35.378 (r=0.68). The correlation
was much lower in up-stream but much higher in down-stream, because permeation into soil
particle was larger on down-stream due to its more or less gentle slope. Pearson coefficients between
soil pH and water pH were statistically significant at 1% level.