FIGURE 5
Qss ranged from -494 t tidal cycle-1(IGN) to 21,354 t tidal cycle-1 (URU1) during the dry
season; it significantly ranged from 1,243 t tidal
cycle-1 (IGN) to 107,982 t tidal
cycle-1 (URU2) during the rainy season (Figure 6).
Therefore, sediment flows were significantly higher during the rainy
season than in the dry season. Qss has increased from
ARA1 to URU1 and decreased from URU1 to URU2. Negative value observed in
IGN likely indicates sediment load brought by flood tide currents,
during the dry season. However, the suspended sediment load transported
from ARA1 to URU2 has increased during the rainy season.