Complex sentence: For example, given a distribution of river discharges for the years 1950 to 2000, can this distribution be used to predict how often a certain river discharge will be exceeded in the years 2000 to 2050 ?
Split into simpler sentences: For example, we have a distribution of river discharges for the years 1950 to 2000. Can we then use this distribution to predict how often a certain river discharge will be exceeded in the years 2000 to 2050?