Water cycle and watershed

The content of the EU is organized into three parts:

1) Water cycle and water balance
• Main reservoirs
• Mechanisms of the water cycle
• Water circulation: from the global scale to the watershed scale
• Humans: their influence on the water cycle

2) The atmospheric phase of the water cycle – Hydrology
• The watershed
• Atmospheric circulation and precipitation
• Evapotranspiration
• Infiltration
• Runoff

3) The underground phase of the water cycle – Hydrogeology
• Porous media and their hydrodynamic properties
• Different types of aquifers
• Piezometric levels and maps

1. Know the technical vocabulary used by hydrologists and hydrogeologists. 
2. Be able to solve simple, common problems in applied engineering (water balance, rainfall intensity, volume of underground reserves, groundwater flow, etc.).
3. Acquire the basics to be able to implement an integrated approach to water resource management in a watershed.

Written Terminal Exam (2 hours)

1- Water cycle and water balance 

The main reservoirs

The mechanisms of the water cycle

Water circulation: from the global scale to the watershed scale

Humans: their influence on the water cycle

2- The atmospheric phase of the water cycle – Hydrology

The watershed

Atmospheric circulation and precipitation

Evapotranspiration

Infiltration

Surface runoff

3- The underground phase of the water cycle – Hydrogeology

Porous media and their hydrodynamic properties

The different types of aquifers

Piezometric levels and maps