Table 22. Monthly distribution of measured annual flood peaks at key stations along Paraguay and Paraná rivers.1

River at No. of Monthly distribution (percentile)
Station (location) years Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug.
                    Upper Paraguay river at
Cáceres (Km 3442)2 20 0 0 0 0 5 40 504 5 0 0 0 0
                    Upper Paraguay river at
Ladario (Km 2755)2 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 24 41 21 1
                    Upper Paraguay river at
Porto Murtinho (Km 2235)2 46 2 4 0 2 2 0 4 7 22 20 20 17
                    Middle Paraguay river at
Asunción (Km 1630)2 87 2 5 3 6 13 7 2 5 17 29 10 1
                    Upper Paraná river at
Posadas (Km 378)3 92 2 5 6 9 18 19 18 6 5 10 2 0
                    Middle Paraná river at
Corrientes (Km 1208)2 92 1 3 1 12 8 23 25 9 3 11 4 0

1Source: Anderson et al (1993) and DNAEE/CPRM (unpublished data). 2 Km of Hidrovia, starting at Buenos Aires.
2 Distance measured from Corrientes. 4 Bolded figures indicate the mode (the largest value) of the distribution.