Research Article

La Niña Impacts on Austral Summer Extremely High-Streamflow Events of the Paranaíba River in Brazil

Table 1

Extreme high river discharge events together with the climate conditions during those events. mLa Niña correspond to La Niña Modoki, respectively.

Extremely high discharge eventsAverage daily streamflows (m3/s)/number of days

December–February

1981-82 (La Niña)587/7
1981-82 (La Niña)457/31
1981-82 (La Niña)871/23
1984-85 (mLa Niña)704/10
1989-90 (La Niña)604/14
1989-90 (La Niña)570/11
2001-02 (La Niña)579/10
2001-02 (La Niña)573/8
1993-94*586/14

*refers to "normal year" without any influence of La Niña.