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1. Drainage Basin Hydrology and geomorphology
What is a drainage basin 1,
Define confluence in the context ...,
What is a floodplain 3
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1. The Water Budget
What is the concept behind a wate...,
What is the formula for the water...,
What does p represent in the wate...
13
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1.River Processes
What is erosion 1,
Define transportation in the cont...,
What occurs during deposition 3
20
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1. Upper Course Landforms
What is cap rock 1,
Define gorge 2,
What is differentiated erosion 3
18
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1. Middle Course Landforms- Floodplains and levees
What time period are floodplain a...,
What is deposition 2,
What are bluffs 3
20
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Middle Course Landforms- Meanders and Oxbow lakes
What is a river cliff 1,
Define pool in the context of riv...,
What is a riffle 3
18
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1. Lower Course Landforms- Deltas
What is an arcuate delta 1,
Describe a bird foot delta 2,
What characterizes a cuspate delta 3
18
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2. Flooding and Floodplain mitigation
What does hard engineering refer ...,
What is channelization 2,
How can channelization be achieved 3
20
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2. Flood prediction
What is the normal frequency for ...,
How is the flood recurrence inter...,
What does the flood recurrence in...
15
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2. Hydrographs
What is a hydrograph 1,
What does peak rainfall refer to 2,
What does peak discharge indicate 3
26
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3. Water quality and Water Scarcity
What is physical water scarcity 1,
What is economic water scarcity 2,
Which regions suffer from physica...
15
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3. Environmental consequences of agriculture
What is eutrophication 1,
Define salinization 2,
What are stakeholders 3
10
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3. Groundwater and Lakes
What is a drainage zone 1,
Define recharge zone 2,
What is an artesian zone 3
15
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4. Water Management Futures
What is water considered in terms...,
What are the essential uses of wa...,
What can water problems such as f...
20
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4. Lancang- Mekong Dam Cascade
What are the multi purpose roles ...,
How many people are employed in h...,
What is one significant benefit o...
18
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4. Integrated Drainage Basin Management
What are integrated drainage basi...,
Why are idbps increasingly necess...,
What is the primary purpose of th...
23
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4. Growing Pressures on Wetlands
What are the two main types of we...,
What type of wetland is formed ne...,
What type of wetland is character...
25
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Case Study 1 Flood Mitigation - the River Po- Emiglia Romagna
What is the po river floodplain k...,
What are some strategies implemen...,
What are the financial costs asso...
18
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Case Study 2- Flood Mitigation- Tokyo Japan
What is the primary reason tokyo ...,
What is the g cans project 2,
What are the estimated costs of t...
16
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Case Study- Internationally Shared Water Resource
What countries span the lancang m...,
What is the approximate length of...,
What are the key issues faced in ...
21
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Case Study- environmental conesequences of agricultural activities on water quality
What is the great artesian basin ...,
What is a major use of the great ...,
What concerns have arisen from ex...
23
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Case Study- contemporary Dam
What is the location of the three...,
What is the generating capacity o...,
What are the primary purposes of ...
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