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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2019/2020

Pedology and Hydrology Essentials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 616-0409/02
Abbreviation ZPH
Course title Pedology and Hydrology Essentials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Protection in Industry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Jančík, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

• Hydrosphere, hydrology. Basic concepts.
• Water basin. Rainfall-runoff process. Hydrological cycle. Hydrological balance.
• Atmospheric moisture. Evaporation, evaporisation. Precipitation (formativ, types, measurement, distribution.).
• Water flows. River Network (basic characteristics). Water states, observation. Flow measurement. Flow curve.
• Frequency diagram and flow duration curves. The surface runoffi influences. Maximum flow. Minimum flow. Winter flow regime and ice phenomena. Floods.
• Water tank. The purpose and types. The water catchment area, the maximum runoff. Dams. Thermal and chemical stratification. Water masses circulation.
• Subsurface water. Groundwater. Hydrological balance of groundwater. Underground runoff component. Review of methods for determining the groundwater flow.
• Pedogenesis (pedogenic factors - substrate, climate, organisms, topography, groundwater, human activity, time), partial pedogenic processes - erosion, humus, peat, translocation and accumulation).
• Physical characteristic of soil (soil structure, soil porosity, soil water, soil air, soil temperature regime). Chemistry of soil and agrochemical properties of soil.
• Soil taxonomy (soil profile and characteristics of soil horizons). Soil types.
• Hydropedology: Characteristics of soil water. Soil water potential. Measurement of soil moisture. Thermodynamics of soil water.
• Soil water flow (saturation, filtration coefficient, infiltration).

E-learning

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Povinná literatura

Hydrology for engineers / Ray K. Linsley, Jr., Max A. Kohler, Joseph L.H. Paulhus. - 2nd ed.. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1975 - xxiii, 482 s. : il. ISBN 0-07-037967-3.
• / Handbook of pedology : soils, vegetation, environment / Philippe Duchaufour. Rotterdam : Balkema, 1998. 264 s. ISBN 9054107820 .

Doporučená literatura

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