Variable

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 4

Factor 5

Communality

EC

0.783

0.370

−0.376

0.134

−0.204

0.950

TDS

0.747

0.439

−0.339

0.139

−0.234

0.940

DO

−0.597

−0.709

−0.079

−0.141

−0.107

0.896

pH

−0.430

−0.226

0.082

−0.220

0.801

0.933

Salinity

0.779

0.358

−0.367

0.111

−0.257

0.949

Na⁺

0.410

0.652

−0.491

0.054

0.026

0.838

K⁺

0.236

0.374

−0.787

−0.039

0.192

0.853

Ca2+

−0.130

0.895

−0.055

−0.091

−0.197

0.868

Mg2+

0.863

−0.091

0.036

−0.284

0.012

0.836

−0.077

−0.295

−0.733

0.173

−0.450

0.863

−0.801

−0.082

0.323

−0.268

0.187

0.859

0.322

0.101

−0.856

0.062

−0.114

0.864

0.069

−0.127

−0.091

0.947

−0.159

0.951

Cl

0.434

0.750

−0.131

−0.306

−0.038

0.863

Eigenvalue

7.01

2.21

1.46

1.13

0.65

Variance

4.2495

3.0682

2.6694

1.3069

1.1684

12.4623

% Var

0.304

0.219

0.191

0.093

0.083

0.890