and ‘Flood- Water recharge of alluvial Aquifers in Dryland
Environments—WADE (contract no. GOCE-CT- 2003-506680). The Spanish Commission of Science
and Technology funded the project ‘Incorporation of palaeoflood and historical flood data in the calculation
of dam safety—PALEOCAP’ (CICYT project no. REN2001-1633-RIES). We would like to thank
Yehouda Enzel for his comments that improved the original manuscript.