ZA215 Applied Hydrology and Water Managment in Landscape

Faculty of Science
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Monika Šulc Michalková, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Monika Šulc Michalková, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Monika Šulc Michalková, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Overall knowledge of hydrology and physical geography on the basic level (the 2nd year of Bc. study) is required to attend the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
At the end of the course, student should be able to understand selected problems of applied hydrology. The student would be able to explain when to use individual methods in water management and make reasoned decisions about preconditions of the impact of technical measurements on rivers and streams. Students will learn how to process the hydrological data, to prepare the plans for river basins and evaluate the impact of water management structures and measures.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course student should be able to: process the hydrological data in detail; prepare the maps and data for the river basin planning; evaluate the selected impacts of water management structures and measures.
Key topics
  • 1) Introduction to the study - fields of water management, terminology, legislation. Hydrological extremes, an overview of the current state in the Czech Republic. Connectivity.
  • 2) Floods, the methodology of critical points, evaluation of river basin parameters
  • 3) Statistical methods in hydrology
  • 4) Capacity of the flow, bedload transport, Bedloadweb
  • 5) Fargue's thesis, morphological parameters of riverbeds, examples of good practice
  • 6) Riparian characterization from remote sensing in multiple scales perspectives, river restoration
  • 7) Small reservoirs, Extreme discharges, their calculation, evaluation; transformation of the flood flow by a water reservoir
  • 8) Simulation of runoff in a selected river basin
  • 9) Principles for application of technical measurements and revitalization on small streams and rivers
  • 10) Water management institutes, river basin management institutions; case studies
  • 11) Excursions (dam, institutions of river basin management)
Study resources and literature
  • RAI, R.K., OJHA, C.S.P. a SINGH, V.P. Handbook of applied hydrologic and water resources engineering. 1st edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2025. 648 s. ISBN 9781032760193.
  • Kondolf, G.M.; Piégay, H. (2016): Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology. Willey and Sons. ISBN: 978-0-470-68405-4
  • Maity, R. (2022) : Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Hydroclimatology. Springer. ISBN-13: 9789811655166
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, class discussion/debate, projects, professional geography, excursion.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
1) All individual exercises should be accepted by your teacher/lector. Parcipication during exercices, in field work or excursion is required. 2) Type of final exam - written. The student has to get more than 50% of points.
Language of instruction
English
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