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Table 3

Rotated component matrix for different principal components of summer, monsoon and winter water samples (n = 29 summer and monsoon; n = 25 winter)

Summer
Monsoon
Winter
ParametersPC (1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC(1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC (5)PC(1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC (5)
HCO3 (ppm) 0.845      0.830    0.810    
Ca2+ (ppm) 0.845    −0.696   −0.324  −0.418 0.724   0.401 
Mg2+ (ppm) 0.734     0.775    0.870     
NO3 (ppm) 0.690   −0.521 0.677  −0.522      0.871  
PO43− (ppb)  −0.830     0.585 0.316 0.461     0.921 
Temp (°C)  0.829   0.618 0.474    0.722     
EC (μS/cm)  0.660     0.356 0.731   0.907    
Cl (ppm)   0.850  −0.353 0.687   −0.300   0.309 0.797  
Na+ (ppm) 0.427  0.784  0.893       0.888   
pH  −0.418 0.446 0.399    0.772  0.630 −0.316 −0.577   
SO42− (ppm)    0.860  0.862    0.643 0.521  0.314  
K+ (ppm) 0.344  −0.479 0.540     0.914   0.667   
Eigenvalue 2.822 2.161 1.939 1.575 2.423 2.251 1.612 1.521 1.261 2.483 2.444 1.806 1.662 1.247 
% of Variance 23.518 18.007 16.155 13.126 20.191 18.759 13.437 12.673 10.505 20.693 20.367 15.048 13.849 10.391 
Cumulative % 23.518 41.525 57.680 70.806 20.191 38.950 52.387 65.060 75.565 20.693 41.060 56.107 69.956 80.348 
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
ParametersPC (1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC(1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC (5)PC(1)PC (2)PC (3)PC (4)PC (5)
HCO3 (ppm) 0.845      0.830    0.810    
Ca2+ (ppm) 0.845    −0.696   −0.324  −0.418 0.724   0.401 
Mg2+ (ppm) 0.734     0.775    0.870     
NO3 (ppm) 0.690   −0.521 0.677  −0.522      0.871  
PO43− (ppb)  −0.830     0.585 0.316 0.461     0.921 
Temp (°C)  0.829   0.618 0.474    0.722     
EC (μS/cm)  0.660     0.356 0.731   0.907    
Cl (ppm)   0.850  −0.353 0.687   −0.300   0.309 0.797  
Na+ (ppm) 0.427  0.784  0.893       0.888   
pH  −0.418 0.446 0.399    0.772  0.630 −0.316 −0.577   
SO42− (ppm)    0.860  0.862    0.643 0.521  0.314  
K+ (ppm) 0.344  −0.479 0.540     0.914   0.667   
Eigenvalue 2.822 2.161 1.939 1.575 2.423 2.251 1.612 1.521 1.261 2.483 2.444 1.806 1.662 1.247 
% of Variance 23.518 18.007 16.155 13.126 20.191 18.759 13.437 12.673 10.505 20.693 20.367 15.048 13.849 10.391 
Cumulative % 23.518 41.525 57.680 70.806 20.191 38.950 52.387 65.060 75.565 20.693 41.060 56.107 69.956 80.348 

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis & Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

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