Table 2 Synthetic table for the climatic indices’ calculation of the used time series (1990–2022).

From: Effectiveness of wetlands as reservoirs for integrated water resource management in the Ruzizi plain based on water evaluation and planning (WEAP) approach for a climate-resilient future in eastern D.R. Congo

Indices

Starting year

Ending year

Slope

STD of slope

P-value

Tmax

1990

2022

 − 0.050

0.013

0.001***

SU25

1990

2022

 − 1.981

0.542

0.001***

TMin

1990

2022

 − 0.063

0.020

0.004***

TMean

1990

2022

0.036

0.016

0.028*

TX10p

1990

2022

0.378

0.106

0.001***

TX90p

1990

2022

 − 0.567

0.190

0.006***

TN10p

1990

2022

 − 0.188

0.084

0.032*

TN90p

1990

2022

 − 0.009

0.124

0.94ns

WSDI

1990

2022

 − 0.663

0.349

0.067ns

CSDI

1990

2022

 − 0.249

0.103

0.021*

RX1day

1990

2022

2.026

0.793

0.016*

RX5day

1990

2022

5.426

2.244

0.022*

SDII

1990

2022

0.076

0.024

0.004**

R10mm

1990

2022

0.817

0.307

0.001**

R20mm

1990

2022

0.416

0.399

0.892ns

R25mm

1990

2022

0.252

0.080

0.004***

CDD

1990

2022

 − 0.341

0.390

0.388ns

CWD

1990

2022

0.106

0.281

0.709ns

R95P

1990

2022

18.211

5.778

0.004***

R99P

1990

2022

10.403

4.523

0.028*

PRCPTOT

1990

2022

24.503

7.074

0.002***

  1. ns not significant: p > 0.05, significant: *p < 0.05, highly significant: **p < 0.01, and very highly significant: ***p < 0.001, STD standard deviation, the explanation of all the indices are presented in the Supplementary Table 1. These data are identical for both watersheds; lack of separate weather stations challenged the attempt to dissociate information.