Course detail

Hydropedology

FAST-BSA006Acad. year: 2025/2026

Subject BS06 Hydropedology focuses on interpretation of soil-water relations and their role in the protection of agricultural land. The basic form of teaching are exercises in which students get acquainted with the physical and hydraulic properties of the soil, hydrolimits and infiltration of water into the soil. In use of models in pedology students learn how to gather and analyze the resulting data from the available programs RETC (van Genuchten et al., 1991) and ROSETTA (Schaap, 2003).
The outcome of the exercise will be a term paper and written test.



Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Stanislav Paseka, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Entry knowledge

basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, hydraulics and hydrology.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Basic pedological knowledges and basic of hydropedology
Soil clasification in ČR, types of soil and hydropedological mapping
Physical properties of soil
Hydrolimits
Hydraulic characteristics of soil
Software RETC, Rosetta
Infiltration experiment in situ and its evaluatio

Students will individually elaborate a work on soil characteristics for selected lokality

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization V , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Stanislav Paseka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Field work – soil sampling, measurement of infiltration.
  • 2.–3. Evaluation of infiltration using the double-ring infiltration method and Minidisk infiltrometer.
  • 4. Physical and mechanical properties of soil.
  • 5. Hydrolimits.
  • 6. Hydraulic characteristics of soil - soil moisture retention curve and hydraulic conductivity.
  • 7. The theory of capillary models for predicting hydraulic conductivity of the course of soil moisture retention curves.
  • 8. Computer program ROSETTA.
  • 9. Computer program RETC.
  • 10. Application of software ROSETTA and RETC.
  • 11.–12. Creating a term paper.
  • 13. Written test.