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The hypothesis of a mid-latitude interhemispheric hydrologic seesaw, based on relative probability data comparing speleothem growth between the Korean peninsula and southeastern Australia1, has been questioned by Williams in the accompanying Comment2. This questioning was based on the assumption that all the palaeo-hydroclimatic data from all the mid-latitude regions could be equally applied. However, we consider that this approach is not appropriate because the seesaw pattern should not be shown as straight lines exactly parallel to latitude. It can show sinuous and sometimes isolated patterns, depending on geographic location and hydrologic regime at different timescales3. In addition, our hypothesis is also supported by other New Zealand data from elsewhere4.

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  1. Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, South Korea

    Kyoung-nam Jo, Sangheon Yi & Dong Yoon Yang

  2. Department of Geology, Kangwon National University, Gangwondo, 200-701, South Korea

    Kyung Sik Woo

  3. Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, South Korea

    Hyoun Soo Lim

  4. College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210097, China

    Yongjin Wang

  5. Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Hai Cheng

  6. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, Minnesota, USA

    Hai Cheng & R. Lawrence Edwards

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