This study has performed comparative analysis on characteristics of contaminated 35 tributaries on seasonal
variation/point discharge load/pollutant distribution of water quality factors(8) in order to understand the effect of
the watershed in Nakdong River Basin. As a results, the water quality of BOD5(Biochemical Oxygen Demand),
Chl-a(Chlorophyll a) and Fecal E. Coli shows Ⅱ grade at tributaries of more than 50% without COD(Chemical
Oxygen Demand), TP(Total Phosphate), TOC(Total Oxygen Carbon) and TN(Total Nitrogen) factors. The specific
discharge(Q) were occupied about 54.4% (19 sites) as 0.05 m3/sec/km2 value. Among these results, the contaminant
level of Dalseocheon, Hyeonjicheon, Seokkyocheon 1, Uriyeongcheon and Dasancheon was also high, which has to
consider a discharged pollutant load(kg/day). The 35 major tributaries of Nakdong River were included in 7
mid-watershed, such as Nakdong Waegwan, Geumho River, Nakdong Goryung, Nakdong Changnyung, Nam River,
Nakdong Milyang, Nakdong River Hagueon. Especially, the discharged pollutant load of Nam River and Geumho
River also was high according to the amount of discharge such as Kachang dam, Gongsan dam and Nam river dam.
Seasonal difference of the water quality factors such as BOD5, TN, SS and Q was observed largely, on the other hand the TP and Chl-a was not. This is guessed due to the precipitation effect of site, biological and physicochemical
degradation properties of pollutant and etc. The co-relationship between the seasonal difference and water quality
factors was observed using a Pearson correlation coefficients. Besides, the Multiple Regression analysis using a
Stepwise Regression method was conducted to understand the effect between seasonal difference and water quality
factors/regression equations. As a result, the Multiple Regression analysis was adapted in the spring, summer and
autumn without the winter, which was observed high at spring, summer and autumn in the order COD/TP,
Chl-a/TOC, TOC/COD/BOD5 water quality factors, respectively.