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Water 2010, 2, 849-871; doi:10.3390/w2040849 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 /journal/water Article Regionalization of SWAT Model Parameters for Use in Ungauged Watersheds Margaret W. Gitau 1,*and Indrajeet Chaubey 2 1 Biological and Agricultural Systems Engineering, Florida AM University, 307 N Perry Paige Bld., Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA 2 Departments of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 225 South University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; E-Mail: ichaubey@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: margaret.gitau@; Tel.: +1-850-412-5000; Fax: +1-850-412-5004. Received: 6 October 2010; in revised form: 4 November 2010 / Accepted: 10 November 2010 / Published: 12 November 2010 Abstract: There has been a steady shift towards modeling and model-based approaches as primary methods of assessing watershed response to hydrologic inputs and land management, and of quantifying watershed-wide best management practice (BMP) effectiveness. Watershed models often require some degree of calibration and validation to achieve adequate watershed and therefore BMP representation. This is, however, only possible for gauged watersheds. There are many watersheds for which there are very little or no monitoring data available, thus the question as to whether it would be possible to extend and/or generalize model parameters obtained