616-2006/01 – Basics of Hydrology and Pedology (ZHaP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Protection in Industry | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Radmila Kučerová | Subject version guarantor | doc. Dr. Ing. Radmila Kučerová |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Basic skills assessment measurement of basic hydrological variables, their statistical and graphical processing
- Basic skills characterize basin
- Basic skills assessment to measure basic Hydropedological variables, their statistical and graphical processing
- Basic skills soil classification
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Studied the basics of hydrology, quantification of water supplies in the hydrosphere. They studied elements of the hydrological balance, procedures for the measurement of basic hydrological variables, their statistical and graphical processing.
Further studies 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 soil water regime.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
• Hydrology Handbook. 2nd ed. USA : American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996. 864 p. ISBN: 0-7844-0138-1.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
- control test
- presentation on the specific topic
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic concepts. The importance of hydrology and distribution. The development of hydrology. The emergence of water. Hydrosphere and its components. Distribution of water on Earth. The occurrence of water on Earth.
2nd River Basin. Rainfall-runoff process in the basin. The hydrological cycle. Hydrological balance. Balance equations.
3rd atmospheric moisture. Fumes. Precipitation (formation of a species, extreme rainfall, precipitation measurements, surface and temporal distribution of precipitation.).
4th Watercourses. River network (classification essential characteristics). Water conditions and their observations. Flow measurement. Specific flow curve.
Lines fifth frequency and flow duration curves. Impacts to surface runoff. Maximum flow rates. Minimum flows.
Lines sixth frequency and flow duration curves. Impacts to surface runoff. Maximum flow rates. Minimum flows. Winter flow regime and ice phenomena. Floods.
Seventh water tank. Purpose of reservoirs and their distribution. River Basin reservoirs, determine the maximum amount of runoff. Dams. Thermal and chemical stratification. The movements of water masses.
8th subsurface water. Groundwater. Hydrological balance of groundwater quality and its evaluation. Underground drainage component. Overview of methods for determining the underground effluent constituents.
9th pedogenesis (pedogenetic factors - the mother substrate, climate, organisms, topography, groundwater, human activity, the effect of time), partial pedogenetic processes - weathering, soil humus, peat, translocation and accumulation).
10. Physical properties of soil (soil texture, soil porosity, soil water, soil air, soil thermal regime). Soil Chemistry and agrochemical soil properties.
11th Systematics and classification of soils (soil profile and characteristics of soil horizons). Soil types.
12th Soil Fertility. Soil Fund. Agricultural soil improvement.
13th Hydropedology: Characteristics of soil water. Category soil water. The potential of soil water. Classification systems of soil water. Measurement of soil moisture. Thermodynamics of soil water.
14th of soil water regime (hydropedological basic balance equations, sources of water in the soil, evapotranspiration, soil water regime types, hydrologic function of soil types). Influence of drainage on land. Effect of irrigation on soil.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction