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Language: English |
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Previous course: C5738
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No credit points with: C5738
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Prerequisite: 57131
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Recommended semester: 4th - 6th semester
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Scope and form: Lectures and computer exercises in groups of two.
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Examination: Evaluation of report(s) (13-scale)
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Participant limitation: max. 20
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Remarks: The course gives a technical background for water resources management in development countries and is relevant to the course 57435.
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Department: Department of Hydrodynamics and Water Resources
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Aim: To enable the students to: (a) analyze the hydrological components of a tropical area, (b) practice theory and processes in relation to the trandformation of water in the root zone, (c) estimate the amount of soil erosion and to prevent the process.
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Contents: Analyses of precipitation, evaportranspiration and runoff for an area in Tanzania. Calculation of the seasonal variation of the crop water requirements and irrigation water demand. Evaluation of the salt accumulation in the root zone (Analyses will be based on the utilization of computer-software developed by FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations). Soil descriptions of the erosion process. Introduction to advanced physically based soil erosion models. Principles for soil erosion control. Computation of the quantity of soil erosion simple empirical models. Desing of soil erosion control schemes.
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