COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HYDROGRAPHY I (STREAMS AND LAKES)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 2013 HYDROGRAPHY I (STREAMS AND LAKES) COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ADNAN SEMENDEROĞLU

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

Learning the elements of hydrological cycling and various properties of running waters, drainage patterns, stream flow analyses and functions of running waters.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn hydrological cycling and its elements
2   To learn the formation and developing of stream drainage patterns and drainage types
3   To learn running water types according to their regimes and stream flows during the year
4   To learn the factors which affect stream flow and regime and the charts related to stream flow
5   To learn the parts and properties of stream channel and basin
6   To learn the various features of the streams, their importance and functions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The description of running water, classification of the running water according to their sizes and stream flows during the year, classification of terrestrial areas according to drainage conditions.
2 The importance of the streams. The roles of streams in establishment and development of civilizations
3 To investigate the river basins according to their drainage conditions.
4 To investigate of hydrological cycle and its elements.
5 The relationships between runoff and precipitation.
6 Stream flow, key stream flow, relative flow, river hydrographs and flood hydrographs
7 River regime and the factors which affect the regime. The river regime types.
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Flow types, stream velocity and stream energy
10 Drainage patterns, the separation of stream tributaries into sequences (stream order)
11 The establishment of drainage pattern and its evolution.
12 The factors which are effective on drainage, drainage types.
13 Stream load and its transportation.
14 Stream erosion, the formation and development of valleys, valley types
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., (1986) Uygulamalı Hidrografya. E.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yayınları. No: 38, Izmir.
Hoşgören, Y.,(1984) Hidrografyanın Ana çizgileri. I.Ü. Ed. Fak. Yayınları. No: 2619, Istanbul
D.S.I. The Bulletins of annual stream flows.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using of visual materials and verbal expression. Excursions for practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

a.semenderoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1423221122111
LO.2322431122231
LO.3322221122121
LO.4333322122231
LO.5443333123331
LO.6333332233331

CONTACT INFORMATION
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