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Reply to discussion of “Extreme streamflow drought in the Karkheh river basin (Iran): probabilistic and regional analyses”

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In our original paper (Nat Hazards 76:327–346, 2015. doi:10.1007/s11069-014-1492-x), we analyzed hydrological droughts based on the minimum values of the streamflow drought index at different time scales using L-moments. In this paper, we highlight the importance of the magnitude and type of selected drought index for regional frequency analysis and discuss the validity of results only for station clusters considered in response to the commentary by Bahmani and Khorsandi (Nat Hazards, 2015. doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1830-7).

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  1. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Water Sciences Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

    Reza Zamani

  2. Hydraulics Division, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    Hossein Tabari & Patrick Willems

  3. Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

    Patrick Willems

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Zamani, R., Tabari, H. & Willems, P. Reply to discussion of “Extreme streamflow drought in the Karkheh river basin (Iran): probabilistic and regional analyses”. Nat Hazards 80, 19–22 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1956-7

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