Site ID:

138

Lat.

8.6910

Colombia

Bolivar

River:

Cauca

Long.

-74.5192

Site name:

Buenavista

Contributing area:

61320

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

2.64

Latest measurement:

23-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

486

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

503

Latest M/C ratio:

1.30

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

788

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

98.6

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

4068

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

4056

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)

(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)

2008-Present

2002-Present

Annual

Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data

Runoff

(mm)

Jan

Feb

Mar

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

288

2002

no data

42.7

45.1

46.4

77.4

76.7

515

2003

47.2

12.7

14.5

21.8

69.6

32.1

54.0

43.6

28.3

44.6

51.8

95.2

620

2004

98.4

47.9

25.2

22.8

37.0

67.3

45.3

32.9

36.5

34.6

73.5

99.0

506

2005

82.5

67.4

43.3

26.6

49.9

52.9

57.5

12.5

9.6

22.2

32.6

48.6

347

2006

19.5

23.7

14.0

32.9

43.9

43.3

58.7

49.2

37.2

24.9

0.0

440

2007

52.5

28.0

20.4

18.1

34.3

68.1

40.4

28.6

27.9

31.3

47.6

42.3

503

2008

58.0

34.6

41.8

44.0

36.1

44.3

54.8

39.6

26.4

22.4

40.7

60.6

589

2009

72.7

75.6

62.0

77.3

65.2

49.4

41.2

27.1

43.1

46.7

28.4

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.