Hydrological Response of East China to the Variation of East Asian Summer Monsoon

Table 1

Characteristic of the eight watersheds in the monsoon region of east China.

Basins	⁢Drainage area		Average elevation	Annual rainfall
	(10^4 km^2)	% of total area of East China	(m)	(mm)
The yellow River	75.24	14.80	1918.51	459.60
The Yangtze River	180.00	35.54	1606.14	1126.70
The Liaohe River	29.69	5.86	423.62	638.20
The Pearl River	45.36	8.96	537.94	1579.00
The Huaihe River	27.47	5.42	86.36	814.80
The Haihe River	31.82	6.28	576.85	548.00
The Songhua River	95.22	18.80	453.31	534.90
The Southeast Rivers	21.59	4.26	478.86	1526.60