Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-303(iii) (elective) Course Name: Fluvial Geomorphology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Fluvial System: types, variables, feedbacks, thresholds, responses and scales in fluvial geomorphology. 2. Water erosion: types of water erosion and erosive processes, monitoring of water erosion (field measurements and models) management problems associated with erosion. |
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| 2 | 3. Sediment transfer: sources, modes, storage, movement and measurement of sediment load and yield, controls as sediment yield, human activity and sediment yield. 4. Channel forms and processes: channel types, geometry, size, shape, channel pattern, bedrock channels and associated land forms. |
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| 3 | 5. Floods: Flood frequency, magnitude, forecasting and structural and non-structural adjustment to floods, catastrophic and paleo floods. 6. Impact of construction activities on fluvial systems. 7. Human adjustment in floodplains. |
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| 4 | 8. Managing river channels: channelization and flow regulation; impacts of water management on the physical, chemical and ecological condition of channels and floodplains, river restoration. 9. Remote sensing and GIS applications in mapping, monitoring and management of fluvial environments. |
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