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Water Resources of Chile

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Droughts are extreme hydrological events that can be observed in the lower tail of the probability distribution describing water resources at a point. As a natural random phenomenon of an accidental nature, they are complex phenomena, and their properties cannot be totally anticipated. In this chapter we review the special characteristics of drought in Chile. First, some general aspects of droughts are discussed, including drought definition and modeling. The second part is devoted to the occurrence and identification of drought in Chile, including historical droughts since the sixteenth century, with special emphasis on those occurred in the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries. Finally, some topics in relation to coping with droughts in Chile are discussed.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Bonifacio Fernández & Jorge Gironás

  2. CEDEUS, Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, Santiago, Chile

    Jorge Gironás

  3. CIGIDEN, Centro de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada del Riesgo de Desastres, Santiago, Chile

    Jorge Gironás

  4. CCG-UC, Centro Interdisciplinario de Cambio Global UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Jorge Gironás

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Fernández, B., Gironás, J. (2021). Droughts. In: Fernández, B., Gironás, J. (eds) Water Resources of Chile. World Water Resources, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56901-3_8

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