This paper investigated water chemical characteristics and the contamination of nitrate nitrogen and ammonium nitrogen in main river reaches of Dezhou irrigation district.The results indicated that pH,electrical conductivity,nitrate nitrogen(NO-3-N) and ammonium nitrogen(NH+ 4-N) varied spatially.Serious contamination by NO-3-N was found in the Weiyun and Zhangweixin Rivers with strip-flume along these rivers.Lower values were measured in the Majia and Tuhai Rivers due to water-transfer from the Yellow Rive...