Application of the flood index method to Hydrological District Number 10, Sinaloa, Mexico

Abstract

A brief description is given of the regional flood frequency analysis, its advantages and fundamental characteristics. A detailed review is given of the flood index method which was developed during the 1960s. This method is presently considered to be a consequent hydrological technique. Special aspects of the application of the FIM, to the hydrometric data of Hydrological District Number 10, Sinaloa, are given, including the procedures used to estimate the missing data andan analysis of the partial results. Several concluding remarks are presented concerning the application of the final results, stressing their usefulness in the estimation of maximum flood flows for the design return periods in the study region.