Course Description

Course Name

Drainage Basins

Session: VSRS3122

Hours & Credits

20 SCQF Credits

Prerequisites & Language Level

The Biosphere

Taught In English

  • There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.

Overview

This module will focus on hydrological science at the catchment scale, introducing students to the
environmental processes within the aquatic environment, and how these are linked, and influenced by the
surrounding land. We will examine the theory and practice involved in the collection and interpretation of
environmental data that will consider the dynamics of both quantity and quality of water in the running
(lotic) and standing (lentic) water habitats that make up surface drainage networks
The module will be taught by four members of staff covering three specific areas: Channel form, flow and
sediment dynamics; Hydrochemistry; Limnology

*Course content subject to change