Key Questions in Hydrology and Watershed Management: A Study and Revision Guide (CABI Key Questions)

This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises include true/false questions, multiple choice questions, and numeric, graphical, and analytical exercises. The questions draw on the basic disciplines of hydrology and physics, with some stress placed on correct or appropriate units. The questions reflect the authors' many years of teaching watershed management at undergraduate and graduate levels. Questions cover: 1. Terminology and measurement of flow (and units) 2. Quantifying stream networks 3. Concepts of water balance and evapotranspiration 4. Slope recharge, groundwater hydrology, and water-table/phreatic aquifers 5. Single and paired watershed experiments 6. Impacts of fires on watersheds 7. Concepts and measurements of water quality 8. Flooding forests 9. Valuation of water 10. Protection of forest stream by buffers 11. Urban watershed concepts The book is self-contained, and designed to be used at any time in any place, either for revision or as source material for teaching. The work is graded so that easier questions are presented early, followed by harder questions. Answers are concise but contain enough information to help students study and revise on a topic-by-topic basis. The book concludes with suggestions for student exercises and projects and is an invaluable resource for both students and instructors. Cover Key Questions in Hydrology and Watershed Management Copyright Contents About the Authors Leon Bren Patrick Lane Preface Acknowledgements Notes for Users Multiple Choice Questions Matching Questions Fill-in-the-blank Questions True or False Questions Image-based Questions Essays and Projects 1 Multiple Choice Questions Units Dimensions Strahler Ordering Hydrographic Measurement Soil Moisture and Vadose Zone Groundwater Water Quality About Water About Precipitation and Rainfall Processes Watershed and Water Balance Equations Plant Evapotranspiration and SPAC Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing Hydrology General Hydrology Modelling and Quantitative Hydrology Urban Hydrology Land-use Hydrology Answers 2 Matching Questions PART 1. Match the Label with the Illustration Place-holders PART 2. Fill in the Gaps Using the Words Provided PART 3. Match the Left-hand Side and the Right-hand Side Answers 3  Fill-in-the-blank Questions About Water Snow Hydrology Units and Dimensions Hydrographic Measurement About Precipitation and Rainfall Processes Watershed and Water Balance Equations Plant Evapotranspiration and SPAC Soil Moisture and Vadose Zone Groundwater Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing Hydrology Water Quality Modelling and Quantitative Hydrology Urban Hydrology General Hydrology Land-use Hydrology Forest Fires Answers 4  True or False Questions Answers 5  Image-based Questions Answers 6  Essays and Projects A Current Affairs Hydrology Scrapbook A Few Suggested Topics for Assignments Back Cover « This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises include true/false questions, multiple choice questions, and numeric, graphical, and analytical exercises. The questions draw on the basic disciplines of hydrology and physics, with some stress placed on correct or appropriate units. The questions reflect the authors' many years of teaching watershed management at undergraduate and graduate levels.Questions cover: 1. Terminology and measurement of flow (and units) -- 2. Quantifying stream networks -- 3. Concepts of water balance and evapotranspiration -- 4. Slope recharge, groundwater hydrology, and water-table/phreatic aquifers -- 5. Single and paired watershed experiments -- 6. Impacts of fires on watersheds -- 7. Concepts and measurements of water quality -- 8. Flooding forests -- 9. Valuation of water -- 10. Protection of forest stream by buffers -- 11. Urban watershed concepts. The book is self-contained, and designed to be used at any time in any place, either for revision or as source material for teaching. The work is graded so that easier questions are presented early, followed by harder questions. Answers are concise but contain enough information to help students study and revise on a topic-by-topic basis. The book concludes with suggestions for student exercises and projects and is an invaluable resource for both students and instructors. »-- Quatrième de couverture This study and revision guide for students provides a series of exercises of various types in matters of catchment and watershed management. The exercises are true/false, multiple choice, numeric, graphical, and analytical. Some of the exercises would be suited to being done in class as a type of assignment, others designed for home study.