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Basics of Hydrology and Pedology

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 616-2026
Abbreviation ZHaP
Course title Basics of Hydrology and Pedology
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Protection in Industry
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Szotkowská Lacková, Ph.D.

Summary

Bbasics of hydrology, quantification of water supplies in the hydrosphere are studied. Elements of the hydrological balance, procedures for the measurement of basic hydrological variables, their statistical and graphical processing are studied. Further the study is focused on soil forming factors, physical and physico-chemical characteristics of the soil, agrochemical soil characteristics, soil water, hydrostatics and hydrodynamics of soil water, soil classification. Finally, attention is paid to movement of water below the surface, hydropedological survey and water regime of soil.

Literature

BRUTSAERT, Wilfried. Hydrology: An Introduction. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. 605 p. ISBN-13: 978-0521824798 .

Advised literature

Hydrology Handbook. 2nd ed. USA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996. 864 p. ISBN: 0-7844-0138-1 .