“…Compared with the major rivers in China, the average TDS was significantly lower than the Changjiang (224 mg L −1 , Chetelat et al, 2008), the Huanghe (557 mg L −1 , Fan et al, 2014) and the Zhujiang (190 mg L −1 , S. . However, the average TDS was comparable to the rivers draining silicaterock-dominated areas, e.g., the upper Ganjiang in Ganzhou, south China (63 mg L −1 , Ji and Jiang, 2012), the Amur in northern China (70 mg L −1 , Moon et al, 2009), the Xishui in Hubei, central China (101 mg L −1 , Wu et al, 2013) and North Han River in South Korea (75.5 mg L −1 , Ryu et al, 2008). Among the major rivers in the SECRB, the Qiantang had the highest TDS value (averaging at 121 mg L −1 ), and the Ou had the lowest TDS value (averaging at 48.8 mg L −1 ).…”