Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Introduction to Geography

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0060/05
Abbreviation	ZG
Course title	Introduction to Geography
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to Physical Geography
2. Universe, Earth and Sun
3. Moon and Earth
4. Litosphere, plate tectonics and continental drift
5. Introduction to Geomorphology I.
6. Introduction to Geomorphology II.
7. Introduction to Hydrology I.
8. Introduction to Hydrology II.
9. Introduction to Climatology
10. Introduction to Pedology
11. Introduction to Biogeography
12. Introduction to Ecology
13. Introduction to Human Geography

Literature

HOLDEN, J., ed. 2017. An introduction to physical geography and the environment. 4th ed., Pearson Education Limited. 840 p.
STRAHLER, A.H. 2013. Introducing Physical Geography. John Wiley & Sons. 656 p.
CASTREE, N. eds. 2009. A companion to environmental geography. Wiley.
HAARHOFF, J., CASSA, A.M. 2009. Introduction to flood hydrology. Cape Town: Juta.

Advised literature

LYNCH, J., 2002: Wild Weather. London. BBC Worldwide. 230 p.
STRAHLER, A.H. 2011. Physical geography: science and systems of the human environment. 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. 626 p.
THURMAN, H.V., TRUJILLO, A.P., 2020: Essentials of Oceanography, 13th Ed. Pearson. 624 p.
DEWALLE, D.R., RANGO, A. 2008. Principles of snow hydrology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 410 p.

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