Nitrogen is a dominant nutrient influencing and controlling eutrophication, and different nitrogen forms can make diverse contributions to water quality. The contents of different nitrogen forms in suspended sediments and surface sediment of East Tiaoxi River were determined by sequential extraction procedure. In addition,their distribution characteristics and influence factors were discussed. The results showed that the nitrogen pollution in East Tiaoxi River were serious with an average concentration of 4.48 mg/L, and the water quality in the middle reach of East Tiaoxi River was better than that in the upper and lower reaches. The amounts of four nitrogen forms in suspended sediments were significantly higher than those in surface sediment, in addition, the percentage of iron-manganese oxides bound nitrogen (IMOF-N) with the mean concentration of 1506.94 mg/kg were higher than that of other three nitrogen forms in suspended sediment. The percentage of organic matter-sulfide bound nitrogen (OSF-N) with the mean of 625.31 mg/kg was highest in surface sediment. IMOF-N and OSF-N contents were significantly affected by cation exchange capacity and particle size in both suspended sediments and surface sediments, and they were also significantly correlated with total nitrogen(TN),indicating that IMOF-N and OSF-N were the main fractions of TN. The correlation results showed that the water quality had significant influence on IMOF-N and OSF-N,and the influence of water on suspended sediments was stronger than that on surface sediments. Furthermore, suspended particulates were beneficial to produce nitrate nitrogen in water. In contrast, sediments were available for generating ammonia nitrogen in water, and to some extent, suspended sediments has inhibitory effect on algae.