AUTHOR(S): Vesna Rajcevic, Cedomir Crnogorac, Goran Trbic, Tatjana Popov
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ABSTRACT Catastrophic floods have caused numerous human fatalities and extensive material damage in the past twenty years. Particularly devastating were the floods that struck the territory of the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2014, when nearly 70% of these entities was covered with water. According to the National report of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in line with the UNFCCC, and long-term meteorological projections, there is a strong likelihood that such elemental disasters could strike again by the end of this century. Forecast is further rise in the average air temperature and more frequent occurrence of both dry and rain spells, exerting intense influence on agriculture, waterworks, economy, human health as well. The damage caused in the aforementioned period in the River Sava basin, as well as in the basins of its tributaries (Una with Sana, Vrbas, Bosna and Drina) is the result of various factors, such as: intense precipitation in the Sava basin (up to 200-250 L/m2 in three days), non-existence of the water works protective objects, a reduced level of protection or collapse of the existing objects for the protection of high waters. The River Vrbas basin was also struck by an enormous amount of precipitation in that period, which resulted in extremely high water levels on the River Vrbas and its tributaries, especially its right-hand tributary, the River Vrbanja (based on preliminary readings, the historic high). |
KEYWORDS the River Vrbas basin, floods, causes of floods, water level, flow, precipitation, climate changes |
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Cite this paper Vesna Rajcevic, Cedomir Crnogorac, Goran Trbic, Tatjana Popov. (2016) Floods in the Vrbas River Basin and Climate Changes. Environmental Science, 1, 244-249 |
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