REGIONALIZATION OF PARAMETERS OF THE HYDROLOGICAL REGIME OF FLOOD FLOWS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Water management systems and facilities are constructed with the purpose of creating conditions for efficient use of water, protection of water quality and protection from adverse effects of water. Their construction, maintenance and operation require major investments that burden the national economy in large measure. Construction costs of water management systems and facilities significantly depend on characteristics of the water regime, i.e. water regime is the determining factor for planning and implementation of water-related works and activities. Since the activities of planning and design of water facilities and systems often take place in areas with completely unknown or insufficiently known water regimes, the method of regional analysis is often used as the method to define and evaluate the parameters determining the water regime. This paper describes the conducted regional analysis of flood flows for the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which involves establishing regression dependences of hydrological water regime parameters and physical and geographic characteristics of catchment areas as the basis for defining the water regime in a particular area.