GED 357 — Basic Hydrology
BSc BSc Geological Engineering · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Introduction to Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, water balance equation, practical values of hydrology and hydrologic failures, etc. Precipitation: types and variations of precipitation, measurement of precipitation, analysis of precipitation data, and estimation of missing data. Evaporation: factors affecting evaporation from free water surface, seasonal and aerial variations of evapotranspiration, and measurement of potential and actual evapotranspiration. Infiltration: factors affecting infiltration (i.e., rainfall characteristics, soil surface condition, and characteristic of the infiltrating water), methods of determining infiltration, and storage and movement of soil moisture. Runoff: sources and components of runoff, factors affecting total volume and distribution of runoff, drainage patterns, hydrograph analysis, and measurement, estimation and prediction of runoff.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Year Three
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- CE 359 — Soil Mechanics
- CE 360 — Foundation Engineering
- GED 351 — Petrology
- GED 352 — Principles of Geochemistry
- GED 353 — Mining Principles
- GED 354 — Principles of Geophysics
- GED 355 — Engineering Geology I
- GED 358 — GIS & Remote Sensing
- GED 359 — Computer Applications
- GED 362 — Geological Field Mapping
- GED 364 — Structural Geology
- GED 366 — Mineral Economics and Evaluation
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