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Table 2 Monthly water balance for the Quillcay and the Chicón catchment based on the historic simulated data and extended for the RCP scenario 2.6 and 8.5 for the end of the 21st centtury. Dry season approximately May to September, wet season approximately October to April

From: Towards integrated assessments of water risks in deglaciating mountain areas: water scarcity and GLOF risk in the Peruvian Andes

 

Quillcay

  

Chicón

  
 

Observation period

RCP2.6

RCP8.5

Observation period

RCP2.6

RCP8.5

 

m3/s

m3/s

m3/s

m3/s

m3/s

m3/s

January

8.8

7.8

7.2

1.08

1.01

0.97

February

10.6

9.6

9.0

1.15

1.08

1.04

March

12.0

11.1

10.5

0.96

0.89

0.85

April

7.9

6.8

6.2

0.46

0.39

0.35

May

3.3

2.1

1.8

0.24

0.28

0.24

June

3.5

2.8

2.4

0.24

0.21

0.18

July

3.3

2.6

2.2

0.22

0.18

0.16

August

3.2

2.5

2.4

0.21

0.18

0.16

September

4.3

3.7

3.2

0.23

0.19

0.17

October

7.3

7.8

7.1

0.37

0.30

0.26

November

9.0

8.0

7.3

0.46

0.39

0.35

December

9.1

8.1

7.5

0.63

0.56

0.52

Total

82.5

72.9

66.6

6.24

5.66

5.25

Average

6.9

6.1

5.8

0.52

0.47

0.44