Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5377-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5377-2014
Research article
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21 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2014

The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment

K. E. Clark, M. A. Torres, A. J. West, R. G. Hilton, M. New, A. B. Horwath, J. B. Fisher, J. M. Rapp, A. Robles Caceres, and Y. Malhi

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This paper presents measurements of the balance of water inputs and outputs over 1 year for a river basin in the Andes of Peru. Our results show that the annual water budget is balanced within a few percent uncertainty; that is to say, the amount of water entering the basin was the same as the amount leaving, providing important information for understanding the water cycle. We also show that seasonal storage of water is important in sustaining the flow of water during the dry season.