Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

Flood occurrence

Drought severity

1985-2011

1901-2008

Caracas

Caracas

VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA

Bogota

Bogota

Quito

Quito

BRAZIL

ECUADOR

ECUADOR

PERU

PERU

BRAZIL

Lima

Lima

Drought severity

BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA

Extremely high High Medium to high Medium Low

La Paz

La Paz

More than 27 Number of oods 10 to 27 4 to 10 2 to 4 Less than 2

Sucre

Sucre

Source:WRIWater Atlas, Aqueduct Global Maps 2.1 Indicators Drought severity measures the average length of drought times the dryness of the droughts from 1901 to 2008. Drought is de ned as a contiguous period when soil moisture remains below the 20th percentile. Length is measured in month and dryness is the average number of percentage points by which soil moisture drops below the 20th percentile.

Source:WRIWater Atlas, Aqueduct Global Maps 2.1 Indicators

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