Department of Forestry & Natural Environment Management
Hydrology
Course Content
Definitions, concepts of general hydrology. Water and planet earth. Global freshwater reserves and their distribution, water balance, hydrological cycle and role of forest vegetation. Hydrometeorological factors. Evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, groundwater, springs and source categories, runoff, flood flows - discharges, rainfall-runoff models. Forest vegetation and hydrological factors. Water quality, forest vegetation and water quality. Basic concepts in water resources management, water legislation.
The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI) of Central Greece.
