Flux of water, dissolved and suspended load through the Winooski River Basin

The relationship between rainfall and runoff in the Winooski basin are similar however, there will always be less runoff than actual precipitation. This is because rainfall is absorbed into vegetation and some as ground water while the remaining is running off into channels or being used by humans for some use. Water absorbed by roots is able to be transpired through leaves and evaporates back into the atmosphere. Precipitation that makes its way down through surface cracks can help replenish ground water sources and aquifers. The remaining precipitation that runs on the surface is channeled into creeks and rivers where it is tapped by humans for necessity. (Agriculture and other uses.)

When comparing the flux of mass out of the Winooski Basin, one can see that the values are somewhat similar. This could be due to the scanty data sheet that was provided from this station at Essex and just getting lucky. However when comparing to the Cuban data, the loads are a bit different. (Smaller) This could be because the types of rocks are different within the watersheds in Cuba. Another reason for this could be that erosion and weathering rates are different, causing rocks to erode and weather more rapidly in Cuban than in the Northeast. The one similarity between the Cuban data and the Essex data is that when comparing conductance vs. total dissolved solids, there is a linear increase in conductivity as TDS increases. This was seen in the Cuban data as well. (Bierman et al, 2020)