Course detail

The Watershed protection

FAST-DS55Acad. year: 2009/2010

History and development of drainage structures, need and asset of drainage structures. watershed protection in water management and agriculture, drainage theory, surface and underground runoff, hydrotechnical calculations, modelling of the drainage process, design, operation and use of drainage structures
 Theory of erosion processes, erosion factors, runoff modelling, consequences of concentrated runoff, water sources protection, water courses protection

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

0

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miroslav Dumbrovský, CSc.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Hydrology,hydropedology, watermanagement of the landscape

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Introduction of subject
Erosion, kinds of soil erosion, causes and consequenses
Erosion factors,Wishmeier USLE equation
Rain fall factors, K- soil erodibility factors, LS-topografic factors
Erosion and sediment transport modells
SCS runoff curve number methods
Complex soil and water conservation
Technical and biotechnical methodes
13.Terraces
14.Water resource protection, protection zone, revized zones

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Detailed theoretical and practical introduction with complex system of erosion control and flood control in the watershed and drainage, focused on digital solution of complex project of watershed protection and drainage with the use of GIS.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme D-K-C-SI Doctoral

    branch VHS , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme D-P-C-SI Doctoral

    branch VHS , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miroslav Dumbrovský, CSc.