Which catchment characteristics control the magnitude-frequency distribution of river discharge?


Renee van Dongen1, Dirk Scherler1,2, Eric Deal3, Claudio I Meier4, Luca Mao5 and Igor Lisac6, (1)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Earth Surface Geochemistry, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Free University of Berlin, Institute for Geological Sciences, Berlin, Germany, (3)ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, (4)University of Memphis, Department of Civil Engineering, Memphis, TN, United States, (5)University of Lincoln, School of Geography, Lincoln, United Kingdom, (6)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Earth Surface Process Modelling, Potsdam, Germany