Table 1.

Characteristics of the datasets compiled for this study. The flow intermittence (FI) range indicates the minimum and maximum FI values for each river. See section ‘Flow intermittence quantification’ for more details.

Country	Location	River	Climate	Drainage (km2)	Time span	FI (%)	No. dates	No. sites	References
France	Provence	Asse	Mediterranean	657	Fall 2008–spring 2009	0–20	4	13	Unpubl.
France	Rhône-Alpes	Albarine	Temperate	313	Fall 2008–fall 2010	0–90	5	18	Datry 2012
Germany	East Westphalia	Alme	Temperate	763	Spring 2005–winter 2005	0–35	3	7	Meyer et al. 2003
Germany	East Westphalia	Ellerbach	Temperate	91	Winter 2001–summer 2001	0–77	4	3	Unpubl.
Germany	East Westphalia	Menne	Temperate	8	Spring 2000	0–40	2	3	Meyer et al. 2003
Germany	East Westphalia	Sauer	Temperate	109	Winter 1996–summer 2001	0–60	2 to 4	14	Meyer and Meyer 2000
New Zealand	Canterburry	Orari	Temperate	850	Fall 2007–winter 2008	0–80	2	11	Unpubl.
New Zealand	Canterburry	Selwyn	Temperate	975	Fall 2001–fall 2004	0–92	2 to 10	16	Arscott et al. 2010
UK	Kent	Little Stour	Temperate	213	Fall 1992–fall 1999	0–20	8	9	Wood and Armitage 2004
US	Massachusetts	Fish	Temperate	47	Summer 2004–spring 2005	0–30	3	8	Santos and Stevenson 2011
US	Arizona	Garden	Arid	34	Winter 2010	0–95	1	9	Bogan et al. 2013
US	Arizona	Huachuca	Arid	25	Winter 2010	0–90	1	9	Bogan et al. 2013
US	Illinois	Little Lusk	Temperate	43	Spring 2005	0–82	2	4	Unpubl.
US	Indiana	Sycamore	Temperate	3	Spring 2004	0–65	2	4	Unpubl.