Course: Physical Geography of the Czech Republic

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Course title Physical Geography of the Czech Republic
Course code KGE/7FGC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Rypl Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the problems physical geography, introduction to the studies meteorology and climatology 2. Characteristics of atmosphere, basic meteorological elements and their climatological characteristics 3. Basic meteorologic elements and their climatological characteristics 4. Basic meteorologic elements and their climatological characteristics, general circulation of atmosphere 5. General circulation of atmosphere 6. Bases prognoses weather, climate of the Earth 7. Current climetic fluctuation, climate of atmospheric ground layer 8. Introduction to the studies hydrology and oceanography 9. Oceanography 10. Hydrography water streams 11. Hydrology water streams 12. Underground waters 13. Hydrology of lakes and morasses, characteristics underground and surface waters 14. Water in unyielding state

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Monitoring
Learning outcomes
Acquisition of cognitions from physical geography of the Czech Republic. Geological conditions of the Czech Republic - development, principal geological formations, geological regionalization of the Czech Republic. Relief of the Czech Republic - overview of important geomorphologic shapes and types of relief, rules for the regionalization of relief, characteristics of geomorphologic units. Climate of the Czech Republic - general climatic factors, typical weather situations, climatic regions. Hydrology of the Czech Republic - main water streams and their catchment areas, important water sheets, underground waters. Structure of the soil cover in the Czech Republic - overview of general soil types, pedo-geographical regionalization. Bio-geographical conditions of the Czech Republic. Nature, landscape and environmental protections in the Czech Republic.
Student competences after graduation of the subject result especially from the aims of the subject (see.) and the content of the subject (see.).
Prerequisites
7FG1, 7FG2, 7FG3

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

Combined exam (oral and written part), blind maps from the geomorphological units of the Czech Republic and hydrology of the Czech Republic are part of the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Culek, M. (ed.):. Biogeografické členění České republiky. ENIGMA, Praha, 347 s. 1995.
  • Čihař, M.:. Ochrana přírody a krajiny I. Územní ochrana přírody a krajiny v České republice. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 229 s. 1998.
  • Demek, J.:. Zeměpisný lexikon ČSR. Hory a nížiny. Academia, Praha, 584 s. 1987.
  • Haufler, V., Korčák, J., Král, V.:. Zeměpis Československa. ČSAV, Praha. 1983.
  • Chlupáč, I. a kol.:. Geologická minulost České republiky. Academia, Praha, 436 s. 2002.
  • Kolektiv autorů:. Přírodní poměry Československa. SPN, Praha, 170 s. 1960.
  • Kunský, J.:. Československo fyzicky - zeměpisně. SPN, Praha, 252 s. 1974.
  • Vlček, Z.:. Zeměpisný lexikon ČSR. Vodní toky a nádrže. Academia, Praha, 316 s. 1984.


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