Editing Orinoco (section)

==Discharge==

Average, minimum and maximum discharge at [[Ciudad Bolívar]] and [[Ciudad Guayana]] (Lower Orinoco):
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 ! rowspan="3" | Year
 ! colspan="6" |Discharge (m<sup>3</sup>/s)
|-
! colspan="3" | [[Ciudad Bolívar]]
! colspan="3" | [[Ciudad Guayana]]
|-
! Min
! ''Mean''
! Max
! Min
! ''Mean''
! Max
|-
|2000
|4,799
|''33,415''
|67,667
| colspan="2" rowspan="8" |
|71,080
|-
|2001
|3,438
|''25,695''
|59,527
|60,493
|-
|2002
|3,868
|''34,002''
|74,367
|66,561
|-
|2003
|3,287
|''34,728''
|74,367
|77,802
|-
|2004
|4,071
|''35,717''
|74,208
|66,367
|-
|2005
|5,439
|''31,980''
|64,800
|57,471
|-
|2006
|6,521
|''35,901''
|77,422
|71,446
|-
|2007
|3,949
|''34,477''
|71,527
|65,611
|-
|2008
|4,754
|''32,378''
|70,536
| colspan="3" |
|-
|2009
|7,419
|''26,041''
|59,671
| colspan="2" |
|67,992
|-
|2010
|3,067
|''35,286''
|75,807
| rowspan="7" |
|''40,101''
|86,581
|-
|2011
|6,368
|''37,957''
|74,367
|''40,189''
|92,258
|-
|2012
|7,805
|''38,685''
|77,909
|''44,049''
|74,566
|-
|2013
|5,581
|''32,041''
|65,850
|''36,484''
|62,151
|-
|2014
|4,364
|''31,632''
|71,214
|''36,018''
|66,050
|-
|2015
|5,725
|''29,476''
|71,136
|''33,742''
|65,903
|-
|2016
|3,514
|''35,474''
|78,398
|''39,841''
|83,098
|-
|2017
|7,520
|''34,302''
|77,315
|8,936
|''39,057''
|85,997
|-
|2018
|4,693
|''36,467''
|82,611
|6,637
|''40,870''
|87,303
|-
|2019
|4,846
|''32,017''
|72,203
|
|''34,620''
|70,248
|-
|2020
|4,570
|''28,915''
|63,638
|6,018
|''31,551''
|54,640
|-
|2021
|7,279
|''39,378''
|74,873
|9,199
|''42,786''
|79,487
|-
|2022
|6,463
|''39,094''
|75,912
|9,679
|''42,663''
|85,238
|-
|2023
|8,377
|''32,523''
|68,742
|8,774
|''36,380''
|81,831
|}
<ref name="Actualidad Hidrometeorológica">{{cite web|url=https://hidromet-ucv.org.ve/category/actualidad-meteorolog/|title=Actualidad Hidrometeorológica}}</ref><ref name="The Flood Observatory">{{cite web|url=https://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/SiteDisplays/141.htm|title=The Flood Observatory}}</ref>

Monthly average discharge (m<sup>3</sup>/s) at [[Ciudad Bolívar]] (2018 to 2023):
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 |-
!Month
! 2018
! 2019
! 2020
! 2021
! 2022
! 2023
! ''1926–2023''
|-
|JAN
|11,009
|8,955
|13,667
|19,108
|11,067
|14,528
|''11,637''
|-
|FEB
|7,593
|6,414
|7,142
|9,554
|6,463
|9,412
|''6,840''
|-
|MAR
|4,693
|4,846
|4,570
|7,279
|10,187
|8,377
|''5,521''
|-
|APR
|6,862
|5,634
|5,080
|16,378
|13,860
|10,036
|''7,347''
|-
|MAY
|27,262
|17,343
|11,688
|33,363
|28,156
|19,290
|''20,295''
|-
|JUN
|46,541
|36,447
|29,204
|63,086
|50,344
|41,963
|''39,205''
|-
|JUL
|73,295
|57,240
|42,542
|68,208
|68,499
|59,398
|''57,550''
|-
|AUG
|82,611
|72,203
|57,742
|74,873
|75,912
|68,742
|''69,207''
|-
|SEP
|70,591
|69,859
|63,638
|68,441
|73,589
|67,129
|''66,502''
|-
|OCT
|50,838
|48,298
|50,060
|53,294
|54,020
|52,622
|''51,206''
|-
|NOV
|34,852
|34,644
|36,926
|36,518
|45,509
|23,332
|''35,752''
|-
|DEC
|21,457
|22,317
|24,718
|22,437
|31,527
|15,450
|''22,974''
|-
| colspan="8" |
|-
|''Mean''
|''36,467''
|''32,017''
|''28,915''
|''39,378''
|''39,094''
|''32,523''
|'''''32,836'''''
|}
<ref name="Actualidad Hidrometeorológica">{{cite web|url=https://hidromet-ucv.org.ve/category/actualidad-meteorolog/|title=Actualidad Hidrometeorológica}}</ref>

Monthly average discharge (m<sup>3</sup>/s) at [[Ciudad Guayana]] (1996 to 1998):
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 |-
!Month
! 1996
! 1997
! 1998
! '''''1943–1998'''''
|-
|JAN
|17,627
|24,386
|10,919
|''16,661''
|-
|FEB
|14,486
|17,144
|7,583
|''10,108''
|-
|MAR
|15,334
|15,767
|8,906
|''7,702''
|-
|APR
|12,514
|12,615
|12,411
|''10,609''
|-
|MAY
|23,670
|25,152
|32,751
|''26,317''
|-
|JUN
|45,781
|43,142
|49,062
|''45,179''
|-
|JUL
|61,177
|55,597
|63,659
|''58,412''
|-
|AUG
|67,639
|61,275
|67,756
|''64,975''
|-
|SEP
|65,933
|53,825
|66,416
|''63,244''
|-
|OCT
|57,912
|38,742
|54,189
|''53,201''
|-
|NOV
|45,267
|28,372
|38,345
|''40,805''
|-
|DEC
|36,094
|21,116
|30,130
|''29,229''
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
|''Mean''
|''38,620''
|''33,094''
|''36,844''
|'''''35,537'''''
|}
<ref name="NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE ORINOCO RIVER DELTA">{{cite book|url=https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11603503_11.PDF|title=NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE ORINOCO RIVER DELTA}}</ref>

Average discharge at [[Ciudad Bolívar]] (complete time series from 1926 to 2023):
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year
!m<sup>3</sup>/s
!Year
!m<sup>3</sup>/s
!Year
!m<sup>3</sup>/s
|-
|1926
|23,376
|1959
|30,333
|1992
|28,571
|-
|1927
|37,476
|1960
|31,818
|1993
|35,204
|-
|1928
|32,838
|1961
|27,830
|1994
|35,110
|-
|1929
|32,653
|1962
|32,930
|1995
|29,360
|-
|1930
|30,610
|1963
|32,560
|1996
|35,992
|-
|1931
|33,766
|1964
|27,736
|1997
|28,757
|-
|1932
|33,302
|1965
|27,643
|1998
|35,000
|-
|1933
|32,792
|1966
|29,220
|1999
|34,925
|-
|1934
|34,137
|1967
|34,323
|2000
|33,415
|-
|1935
|31,168
|1968
|32,280
|2001
|25,695
|-
|1936
|31,260
|1969
|32,606
|2002
|34,002
|-
|1937
|29,962
|1970
|34,600
|2003
|34,728
|-
|1938
|37,383
|1971
|33,673
|2004
|35,717
|-
|1939
|28,292
|1972
|36,177
|2005
|31,980
|-
|1940
|25,232
|1973
|27,597
|2006
|35,901
|-
|1941
|28,200
|1974
|26,344
|2007
|34,477
|-
|1942
|31,540
|1975
|29,313
|2008
|32,378
|-
|1943
|38,403
|1976
|37,290
|2009
|26,041
|-
|1944
|34,878
|1977
|30,705
|2010
|35,286
|-
|1945
|33,395
|1978
|32,514
|2011
|37,957
|-
|1946
|36,363
|1979
|32,885
|2012
|38,685
|-
|1947
|30,426
|1980
|35,018
|2013
|32,041
|-
|1948
|31,818
|1981
|38,080
|2014
|31,632
|-
|1949
|32,745
|1982
|36,224
|2015
|29,476
|-
|1950
|32,096
|1983
|36,130
|2016
|35,474
|-
|1951
|38,220
|1984
|31,493
|2017
|34,302
|-
|1952
|33,858
|1985
|30,380
|2018
|36,467
|-
|1953
|36,177
|1986
|35,040
|2019
|32,017
|-
|1954
|38,310
|1987
|34,090
|2020
|28,915
|-
|1955
|31,076
|1988
|30,472
|2021
|39,378
|-
|1956
|36,734
|1989
|29,638
|2022
|39,094
|-
|1957
|29,128
|1990
|33,442
|2023
|32,523
|-
|1958
|28,108
|1991
|31,770
|2024
|
|}
<ref name="THE EXTRAORDINARY FLOOD OF THE ORINOCO RIVER IN 2018">{{cite web |last1=José L. |first1=López |last2=José R. |first2=Córdova |last3=Bartolo |first3=Castellanos |last4=Santiago |first4=Yépez |last5=Alain |first5=Laraque |title=THE EXTRAORDINARY FLOOD OF THE ORINOCO RIVER IN 2018 |url=https://hybam.obs-mip.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/6_Lopez.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Actualidad Hidrometeorológica2">{{cite web |title=Actualidad Hidrometeorológica |url=https://hidromet-ucv.org.ve/category/actualidad-meteorolog/}}</ref><ref name="The Flood Observatory2">{{cite web |title=The Flood Observatory |url=https://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/SiteDisplays/141.htm}}</ref>