낙동강하구의 물리적 해황조사를 1986년 4월, 6월, 10월과 1987년 2월, 3월, 8월, 6회에 걸쳐 실시하고, 그 자료를 분석, 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 음향측심에 의해 조사된 해저지형은 준설 또는 매립으로 인해 불규칙적인 요철이 생겼다. 2. 1986년에 관측된 결과에 의하면 동측수로에는 수류가 거의 없고 서측수로에 대부분의 유량이 흘렀기 때문에 낙조시의 최대속도는 1.5kt 정도였다. 3. 1987년 8월에 측정한 결과에 의하면 하구역에서의 흐름은 동측수로에서 약간 세게 나타날 정도였으나 서측수로에는 조석 때문에 약한 유동이 나타났다.

평균조차(平均潮差)가 10cm내외(內外)인 포항(浦項) 영일만(迎日灣)으로 유입(流入)하는 형산강(兄山江)의 감조구간(感潮區間)을 채택(採擇)하여 유역내(流域內)의 부조(扶助) 수문기준점(水文基準點)에서 관측(觀測)한 자료(資料)와 하천유량(河川流量) 및 수질측정자료(水質測定資料) 등을 근거(根據)로 밀도유현상(密度流現象)을 분석(分析)한 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 영일만(迎日灣)의 조석현상(潮汐現象)은 1일(日)1회조(回潮)이며 대조차(大潮差) 0.104m, 소조차(小潮差) 0.066m, 평균조차(平均潮差) 0.085m로써 해면(海面)의 변동(變動)은 매우 작았다. 2. 감조구간내(感潮區間內)에는 해수(海水)의 영향(影響)으로 인(因)하여 약(約) 270만(萬) 이상(以上)의 물이 저류(貯溜)되고 있으며 이중에서 염분농도(鹽分濃度)가 이하(以下)로써 관개용수(灌漑用水)로 이용(利用) 가능한 수량(水量)은 약(約) 120 만(萬)톤에 달(澾)하고 있다. 3. 해수침투현상(海水浸透現象)은 간만(干滿)의 차(差)에 의한 수위변화(水位變化)는 작으나 만조시(滿潮時) 염분침입(鹽分侵入)이 탁월(卓越)하여 뚜렷한 층(層)이 형성(形成)되는 성층밀도류(成層密度流)가 되고 간조시(干潮時)에는 염수(鹽水)쐐기가 후퇴(後退)하면서 쐐기 상류단(上流端)의 염분(鹽分)이 담수(淡水)와 혼합확산(混合擴散)되면서 유하(流下)하여 잘 혼합(混合)된 하구(河口)를 형성(形成)한다. 4. 염수(鹽水)쐐기의 길이는 5.9km로 계산(計算)되었으나 실제로는 4.4km지점(地點)에 설치(設値)된 연일(延日) 잠수교(潛水橋)의 영향(影響)으로 인(因)하여 동지점(同地點)에서 로써 염수(鹽水)의 침투(浸透)가 중단(中斷)된다. 5. 담수(淡水)와 해수(海水)사이에 어떠한 크기의 밀도차(密度差)가 존재(存在)하는 한(限) 수로(水路)바닥을 따라 흐르는 순상류(純上流) 방향(方向)의 흐름이 존재(存在)한다.

Physical, chemical and biological surveys on Nakdong River estuary were made from October, 1985 to September, 1986. 1. For all the seasons except summer, the sea surface temperature in northwest area of the line which linked from Seo Island to Jisim Island was I-2˚C lower than in southeast area, but in summer the sea surface temperature in northwest area was I-2˚C higher than in southeast area. On the contrary, bottom temperature of coastal area was 1˚C higher than that of oceanic area except winter. 2. Surface salinity in summer and fall has minimum value of 1. 9%0 and maximum value of 32.9%0. This large variation was caused by the runoff of the Nakdong River. Effect of less saline Nakdong River water in northwest area of the line which linked from Seo Island to Jisim Island was greater than in southeast area. A strong current rip always formed near this line. 3. The yellowish-green colored zone was observed in the Nakdong River estuary throughout the year by influence of river discharge. The characteristics of the water quality in the zone have shown that the water color was grade 7 by the Forel water-color meter, transparency was less than 4 m, and concentration of suspended solids was more than 5 mg/1. This water body was in the state of eutrophication in terms of chlorophyll-a and inorganic nitrogen concentration during summer season. 4. During the study period, total 276 taxa were identified. Most of them were diatoms and dinoflagellates which consisted of 97.5%. The component ratio of the above two groups was 84.4% and 13.1 % respectively. Diatoms were plentiful in December and dinoflagellates in July. Dominant species were Nitzschia seriata in October, Thalassiosira rotula in December, Skeletoncma costatum in April, and Nitzschia longissima in July. 5. A total of 47 zooplankton taxa was identified from the samples collected. Copepods were numerically the most important components of zooplankton communities in the study area. The domir:ant copepod species were Paracalanus parvus, Acartia clausi and Temora turbinata. Noctiluca scintillans was the next important component. The other zooplankton with minor abundance were Cladocera. Sagitta spp., Cnidaria, Mysidacea, Lucifer spp. and Amphipoda. 6. During the study period, fishes from 47 families and 87 species were sampled in th~ study area. The four most abundant fish species were Rep~mucen//'s valencicnnei, Leiognathus n~cha!is, Amblychaeturicllthys hexanema and Sardirel/a zun:zsi. The fish species of the secondary importance in abundance were Cynoglossus joyneri, Sillago sihama, Engra~lis japonicus, Encdrias nebulos'l, Acanthogobius flavimanus, Trichiurus lepturus, LiParis tanai/ai, Cynagloss//'s interruptus, Aj)ogon line:z!us, Thrissz la 1l.'1la!ensis, and Limanda yokohamac.

This paper describes that air noise and underwater noise in the Somjin Estuary are measured and analysed to get the basic data to find out the influence of environment on the underwater. The results obtained are summerized as follows: 1. The spectrum level of air noise in the Somjin Estuary increases until 500Hz, and decreases a little over 2KHz. 2. The spectrum level of underwater noise in the Somjin Estuary increases from 50 Hz to 1 KHz, but it decreases over 1 KHz as the depth is deeper. 3. When the influence of other factors is scarce but the influence of flowing speed is significant, the noise level seems to be higher at speedy layer than at slower layer. 4. The underwater sound level seems to be wider at speedy layer than at slower layer.

In this study, the bathymetric data acquired from 2018 to 2020 and the precipitation and suspended sediment data were analyzed for changes in bathymetry owing to the discharge from the Nakdong River barrier and environmental factors, especially the torrential rain in 2020. Sediment erosion and deposition processes are repeated because of complex environmental factors such as discharge from the Nakdong River barrier and the influence of waves generated from the external sea. In the first half of the year after the dry season, bathymetric data showed relative erosion trends, whereas in the second half after the flood season, deposition trends were identified owing to the increase in sediment transport. However, the data from the second half of 2020 showed a large amount of erosion, resulting in tendencies different to those of erosion in the first half and deposition in the second half of the year. This result is judged to be influenced by the weather in the summer of 2020. The torrential rain in the summer of 2020 resulted in a higher force of erosion than that of deposition. In summary, the tendency for erosion is more significant than that of sedimentation, especially in the main channel area of the Nakdong River.