Table 19. Measured average flow depths along Upper Paraguay river.1,2

Station No. of data points Minimum Mean3 Maximum Range
Cáceres 95 1.25 3.12 4.78 3.53
Descalvados 22 1.84 2.93 3.72 1.88
Porto Conceição 29 3.83 5.09 6.60 2.77
Bela Vista do Norte 39 2.69 4.00 6.52 3.83
Refúgio das Três Bocas     
--upstream 17 2.08 3.40 5.13 3.06
--downstream 17 3.71 4.55 5.45 1.74
Amolar 28 2.34 5.43 7.82 5.48
Porto São Francisco 53 4.77 7.16 9.32 4.55
Ladario 100 3.29 5.24 8.57 5.28
Porto da Manga 46 4.19 7.32 9.79 5.59
Porto Esperança 82 5.94 8.39 12.02 6.08
Forte Coimbra 32 5.49 11.74 17.44 11.95
Barranco Branco 28 5.50 8.54 12.87 7.37
Fecho dos Morros 74 4.60 7.15 11.67 7.08
Porto Murtinho 33 8.83 12.28 15.74 6.91

1 Source: DNOS (1974), DNAEE, and Hidrologia S. A. (unpublished data).
2 Average depths, in meters, were obtained by dividing measured flow area by measured top width.
3Value shown is the mean of all measurements.