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