Course: Physical geography 1

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Course title Physical geography 1
Course code KGE/FG1A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zágoršek Kamil, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Vitvar Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Kocum Jan, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction to the study: object of study, landscape sphere and its composition from geospheres, definition and spatial differentiation of landscape sphere. 2) Planet Earth: Origin, location and circling around the Sun, geographic network and map projection, time distribution on Earth, land and ocean distribution. 3) Litosphere - geology: rocks and their cycle, plate tectonics and geological structure of the territory, spatial distribution of geological units. 4) Energy Balance Country: Energy Intake and Output, Internal and External Energy Resources, Global Energy Changes and Their Causes. 5) Atmosphere - Climate and Climatology: global air and sea currents, climate zones, spatial and temporal distribution of climatic variables, climate change. 6) Weather and meteorology: regional and local movement of air masses, meteorological phenomena, spatial and temporal distribution and meteorological element measurement methods. 7) Hydrosphere - hydrological processes: drainage, groundwater replenishment and evaporation, hydrological extremes (floods and droughts), hydrological methods, current global and regional problems and water challenges 8) Hydrosphere water and hydrography: water cycle and water balance, river basin and river network, spatial distribution and interaction of surface and groundwater (rivers and lakes, glaciers, oceans and oceans, groundwater reserves). 9) Litosféry relief and geomorphology: processes, types and forms of relief created by glacier, river, sea, wind, weathering, sedimentation, erosion and volcanic activity, spatial distribution of geomorphological units, methods of relief relief, relief changes and their threat to the landscape. 10) Biosphere - biogeography: carbon and nitrogen cycle, biodiversity, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, study methods and their spatial distribution. 11) Time in physical geography: paleogeography, aging and evolution of ecosystems, ecological succession, evolution, methods of dating natural processes in the landscape. 12) Pedosphere-pedogeography: the formation, composition, sorting and spatial distribution of soils, methods of soil studies and the main factors threatening the soil. 13) Natural resources: use of individual components of the landscape as natural resources, spatial distribution of natural resources, current major problems and challenges. 14) Summaries, Questions and Answers

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
Learning outcomes
General physical geography deals with all the natural components of the geographic environment, its interrelationships and the rules of the individual processes. Physical-geographic sphere is briefly reviewed and discussed both horizontally and vertically.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Credit: attendance at seminars, preparation of intermediate tasks in the required quality, passing at least one credit test at least for 80% Exam: combined: - written part of at least 21 points out of 30, oral exam
Recommended literature
  • HORNÍK, S. Základy fyzické geografie.. 1982.
  • NETOPIL, R. , Fyzická geografie I.. 1984.
  • PAUK F., HABĚTÍN V. Geologie pro zeměpisce. 1979.
  • PLUMMER, Ch. Physical Geology.. 1993.
  • STRAHLER, A. H. Introducing Physical Geography. 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education Study plan (Version): Applied Geography (20) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education Study plan (Version): Applied Geography (19) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter