546-0696/03 – Landscape Water (VvK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students gain knowledge in hydropedology, runoff conditions, water balance, hydrological balance of the river basin, needs and principles of proposals for irrigation, drainage and anti-erosion measures. Knowledge of the principles of designing hydromelioration structures.
Teaching methods
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Tutorials
Summary
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic functions of water in the landscape. It also introduces the needs and principles of proposals for irrigation, drainage and anti-erosion measures. Students are also acquainted with the legislative measures in the field of water protection.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Continuous knowledge of students during the semester is verified as follows:
1) Writing one test during the semester.
2) Presentation of semestral work on the given topic.
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration and presentation of semestral work on a given topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction - water and its physico-chemical properties, the role of water in the landscape.
2. Water balance and hydrological balance of the river basin.
3. Water elements in the landscape - springs, wetlands, peat bogs, watercourses, ponds and reservoirs.
4. Revitalization and land reclamation in relation to water bodies.
5. Importance and history of irrigation, basic terms, use of irrigation
6. Types of irrigation - supplementary, fertilizers, special
7. Water demand for irrigation - calculation of irrigation quantity, data for irrigation design, source of irrigation water
8. Landscape drainage, causes of waterlogging and history of drainage
9. Main and detailed drainage equipment,
10. Special drainage equipment
11. Erosion - erosion prediction, universal USLE soil loss equation and its modification
12. Water erosion - its causes, forms, consequences, erosion control
13. Wind erosion - its causes and consequences, anti-erosion measures
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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