Analysis of heavy rainfall in two contrasted Mediterranean watersheds from 1993 to 2017

Abstract

"Despite the proximity of the watersheds there are strong" "environmental contrasts between both." "• The current rainfall dynamics follows a trend towards concentration in fewer days." "• A rainfall cataloged as torrential by the AEMET (≥ 100 / 24h, ≥60 mmh-1) is not necessary to activate erosion and degradation processes, especially when the system conditions are vulnerable. There are downpours hidden in the hourly precipitation data that get at very high intensities." "• It is considered the need to analyze exhaustively the characteristics of a given system, in order to establish what capacity of response has a specific area in an event of extreme precipitation."