Event

Region

City/Town

River/Stream

Upslope basin area

Floodplain extent per basin

Upslope precipitation

Upslope rain

Average flow rate*

km²

%

10⁶ m³ (GL)

m³ sec⁻¹

24-26 March 2015:

3 major discharge peaks within 51 hrs across basin areas

Antofagasta

Calama

Rio Lao

8602

5.50

85.4

300.1

Taltal

Quebrada del Taltal

5517

5.20

185.1

306.1

Atacama

Chanaral

Quebrada del Salado

8390

3.52

97.7

159.9

Diego de Almagro

Quebrada del Salado

2393

2.86

45.4

75

Paipote

Quebrada de Paipote

6660

1.86

132.5

219.1

Copiapo

Rio Copiapo

17018

0.71

345.2

570.8

Coquimbo

Freirina

Rio Huasco

9499

1.22

310.0

512.5

Vallenar

Rio Huasco

9438

0.70

291.5

482

Alto del Carmen

Rio Del Carmen

3038

0.57

75.8

125.4

Alto del Carmen

Rio Huasco

4105

0.85

177.3

293.2

12 May 2017:

1 major discharge peak within 24 hrs across basin areas

Coquimbo

Pisco Elqui

21.7

0.50

2.4

0.6

7.0

Vicuna

Rio Elqui

5946

0.88

442.6

61.4

710.3

La Serena

Rio Elqui

9407

1.14

670.2

223.7

2589.0

Ovalle

Rio Limari

9357

1.35

972.8

308.0

3565.3

Salamanca

Rio Chopa

2234

1.14

249.8

27.3

315.6

Illapel

Rio Illapel

1913

1.14

197.7

71.8

830.5

8 June 2017:

1 major discharge peak over 24 hrs across basin areas

Antofagasta

Antofagasta

Quebrada Caracoles

40.5

1.68

1.0

11.0

Antofagasta

Quebrada La Negra

2106

3.26

52.7

585.0