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Hydrology and Water Resources
Release Date: 2017-09-221. Basic Course Information
Course Code: 085743
Course Name: Hydrology and Water Resources
Course Type: Specialty course
Periods: 48
Credits: 3
Target Students: Undergraduates Majoring in Physical Geography and Resource Environment
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Courses: Essentials of Geology, Geomorphology, Meteorology and Climatology
2. Brief Course Introduction
Hydrology and Water Resources is the basic core course for the major of Physical Geography and Resource Environment. It is closely connected with the other core courses such as Essentials of Geology, Geomorphology, Soil geography, Meteorology and Climatology, Introduction of Plant Geography, etc. This course is a general introduction to hydrology and water resource, with an emphasis on the hydrologic cycle and relevant atmospheric processes, water and energy balance, precipitation processes, infiltration, evaporation, groundwater flow, rainfall-runoff processes, seawater motion, and an introduction to the science and policy related to managing fresh water resources including the importance of water to human society, how China manages water, and the environmental impacts of water use, etc.