Streamflows - March 2011
Average and above average March rainfalls, together with lower temperatures and diminishing evapo-transpiration, resulted in higher than normal streamflows at the end of March.
Flows above 100% of the average occurred at 22 of 28 gauging stations this month, while four other stations experienced flows between 80 and 99% of the long-term March average. The Avoca River at Coonooer experienced the lowest percentage flows, at 53% of the long-term March average at that location. The Genoa River in East Gippsland, which has recorded very much below average flows in previous months, recorded above 100% of the long-term average flow this month.
At the end of the month, flow at all stations was higher than the historical minimum for March, and higher than the 2006/07 March drought flow.
In this section
The following are graphs for the 28 streamflow gauging stations, showing long-term average daily streamflow, recorded minimum streamflow, streamflow in the 2006/07 drought and current daily streamflow.
- Glenelg/Wimmera (Glenelg Hopkins catchment, Wimmera catchment)
- Northern Victoria (North Central catchment, Goulburn Broken catchment, North East catchment
- South Central Victoria (Port Phillip catchment, Corangamite catchment)
- Gippsland (West Gippsland catchment, East Gippsland catchment)