Table 12. Selected hydrologic data at gaging stations along Upper Paraguay river.1

Station Drainage Channel Minimum Channel Mean annual
area1,6 length2,4 observed slope5 discharge3,6
water level1
(km2) (km) (m) (cm/km) (m3/s)
   Cáceres 33 860 - 110.09 - 382
   Descalvados 48 360 139 101.00 6.54 437
   Porto Conceição - 121 93.55 6.16 341
   Bela Vista do Norte - 135 89.80 2.78 144
   Refúgio das Três Bocas - 53 88.14 3.13 -
   Amolar - 28 87.63 1.82 943
  Porto São Francisco 243 0007 58 85.12 4.33 1046
  Ladario - 153 81.54 2.34 1261
   Porto da Manga 316 0007 69 80.12 2.06 1340
  Porto Esperança 363 5007 58 78.36 3.03 1412
  Forte Coimbra - 67 76.91 2.16 1467
   Barranco Branco 453 000 239 72.64 1.79 1505
   Fecho dos Morros 470 000 51 71.78 1.69 1549
   Porto Murtinho 474 500 36 71.48 0.83 1555
   Confluence with Apa River 496 000 63 - - 1565 8

1 Source: DNOS (1974) and DNAEE. 2 Source: INTERNAVE (1989). 3 Source: EDIBAP (1979). 4 Measured from upstream station.
5 Based on channel length and minimum observed water levels, calculated from Table 2. 6 If not shown, not precisely definable.
7 Small portion cannot be precisely defined. 8 Estimated by linear extrapolation from measured values at Porto Murtinho and Fecho dos Morros.