The Water Cycle and Watersheds

  • Level of Education

    4-year college degree

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Training Structure

    College of Sciences

  • Time of year

    Fall

Description

The EU curriculum is organized into three parts:

1) The Water Cycle and Water Balance
• The Main Water Reservoirs
• The Mechanisms of the Water Cycle
• Water Circulation: From the Global Scale to the Watershed Scale
• Humans: Their Impact 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

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Objectives

  1. Be familiar with the technical vocabulary used by hydrologists and hydrogeologists. 
  2. Be able to solve simple, common problems in applied engineering (water balance, rainfall intensity, groundwater reserves, groundwater flow rate, etc.).
  3. Acquire the fundamentals needed to implement an integrated approach to water resource management in a watershed
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Class Hours

  • Water Cycle in a Watershed - TutorialTutorials11:00 a.m.
  • Water Cycle in a Watershed - LectureLecture4:00 p.m.

Knowledge Assessment

Written Final Exam (2 hours)

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Course Outline

1- The Water Cycle and Water Balance 

The Main Reservoirs

The Mechanisms of the Water Cycle

The Water Cycle: From the Global Scale to the Watershed Scale

Humans: Their Impact 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

 

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