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KFG / HYDRX
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Course description
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Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KFG
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HYDRX
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Hydrology A
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
4
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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No
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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| No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
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every year
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| Specification periodicity |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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| Fundamental course |
No
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| Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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| Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
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Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KFG/HYDRY
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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KFG/APLHG
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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Origin and development of hydrology, its definition and classification. Water resources and water circulation on the Earth. Runoff process, runoff units of measurement. Hydrographic characteristics of river basin and river network. Hydrology of rivers - discharge measurement, basic processing of discharge data, characteristics of river runoff regime; temperature, ice and bed load river regime. Hydrology of lakes and swamps: lakes - origin, features, classification, morphometric characteristics, water balance, temperature and ice regime; swamps. Soil water - water in aeration zone, types of soil water regimes. Ground water - types of ground water (according to vertical deposition, properties of water-bearing rocks, hydrostatic pressure, mineralization, temperature), groundwater regime, types of groundwater regime, springs. Physical and chemical properties of river, lake and plain groundwater, water pollution. World ocean - classification of sea water properties, sea water movement.
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Requirements on student
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Knowledge of the presented subject matter.
Written exam.
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Content
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1. Hydrology and hydrogeography
1.1. Definition and position of these disciplines in the system of sciences (geographical ones and sciences generally)
1.2. Basic division of hydrology
1.3. Brief history of hydrology
2. Hydrological balance
2.1. Scheme of hydrological cycle in river basin, inputs, outputs, processes
2.2. Effect of physio-geographic agents on river basin hydrological cycle
3. Hydrometeorology
3.1. Role of precipitation in hydrological cycle
3.2. Methods of the determination of precipitation total in river basin
4. Hydrography
4.1. Basic spatial hydrological (hydrogeographic) units
4.2. Characteristics of morphometric and morphological parameters of water bodies
4.3. Geomorphological properties of valleys and beds of water bodies
4.4 Important Czech and European rivers
5. Hydrometry
5.1. Measurement of values of hydrological elements
5.2. Water state-discharge relation
5.3. Methods of hydrological data processing and evaluation
6. Surface runoff 1
6.1. Hydrological regime of streams (average values)
6.2 Classification based on runoff regime (Ľvovič, Pardé, etc.) 6.3. Temperature, ice and bed load regime
7. Surface runoff 2
7.1. Extreme runoff values (maximal and minimal)
8. Subsurface runoff
8.1. Subsurface runoff division
8.2. Subsurface water measurement and evaluation - groundwater levels and springs
8.3. Groundwater runoff determination
9. Basics of hydrological modelling
9.1. Classification of hydrological models
9.2 Input data into models
9.3 Examples of applications of models
10. Limnology
10.1. Wetlands and their classification
10.2. Water reservoirs and their classification
10.3. Calculation of water reservoir volume
10.4. Evaluation of water reservoir thermal conditions
10.5 Important lakes and reservoirs in Czechia and Europe
11. Oceanology 1
11.1. Physical geographic characteristics of individual oceans
11.2. Physical and chemical properties of world ocean water
12. Oceanology 2
12.1. Water circulation in the world ocean
12.2. Geomorpology of oceanic bed
12.3 Global problems related to oceans
13. Exams/additional lecture
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Being present in classes
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26
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Consultation of work with the teacher/tutor (incl. electronic)
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5
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Preparation for an exam
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55
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Self-tutoring
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20
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Total
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106
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Prerequisites
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
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- is acquainted with basic hydrological concepts,
- can describe water circulation on the Earth and runoff process,
- is familiar with the characteristics of rivers, lakes, swamps, subsurface water and world ocean. |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
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| Oral examination |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
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| Dialogic (discussion, dialogue, brainstorming) |
| Monologic (explanation, lecture, briefing) |
| Projection (static, dynamic) |
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