Chemistry of the Urauchi River Water in Iriomote Island National Park, Okinawa, Japan
2009
Ishiki, Maki | Sakihama, Hideaki | Agata, Seizen | Tokuyama, Akira
The chemical characteristics of the Urauchi River water in Iriomote Island National park, Okinawa, Japan have been studied. Concentrations of PO₄ ³⁻, NO₂ ⁻, and NH₄ ⁺ were barely detectable. We compared the concentration ratios of Mg²⁺/Na⁺, HCO₃ ⁻/Na⁺, and Ca²⁺/Na⁺ in the Urauchi River to those of 60 large rivers in the world and indicated that the chemical composition of the river is most likely formed by the binary mixing of sea salt components and silicate rock weathering components. Although rock weathering in the catchments area is driven by both H₂CO₃ and H₂SO₄, the role of H₂CO₃ is dominant. The percentages of the concentration of each cation in the river water are almost the same as those of other rivers with drainage areas consisting of silicate rock and sandstone. Thus, the Urauchi River shows the typical chemical characteristics of a river in a silicate rock area that includes sandstone.
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