watersheds icon Geography 549
Water and Watersheds
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M, W, F  12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. 
Callcott Building, Room 102
Instructor: Dr. Allan James (777-6117; AJames@sc.edu)

  Course Description and Goals

  Lecture Schedule

  BlackBoard Version of the Course (requires password)

  Field Trips Tips

Brief Course Description

     This course surveys basic concepts of watershed management from a geographic hydrology perspective.  It covers concepts of runoff generation such as infiltration, Hortonian vs. saturated overland flow, shallow subsurface flows, and the variable source-area model. It  then covers water quality with an emphasis on soil erosion and sedimentation.   Flood hazards are covered including calculations of risk.  Geographic methods of spatially distributed modeling and spatial data management are discussed throughout.
Grades will be determined separately for undergraduate and graduate students.   


Page maintained by Allan James.  Last Updated Jan. 8, 2006.






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   SC Dept. Natural Resources GIS Data Center
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   Water Resources Specialty Group of the Assn American Geographers