Introduction to Geography

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0060/07
Abbreviation	ZG
Course title	Introduction to Geography
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

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 I.
10. Introduction to Climatology I.
11. Introduction to Pedology
12. Introduction to Ecology
13. Introduction to Cartography

E-learning

Lectures are available via the LMS in the course of the same name. Exercises are available at https://homel.vsb.cz/~sve0024/zg/

Povinná literatura

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.

Doporučená literatura

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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