Physical Geography Course
This course equips geography and geology professionals with essential tools to study temperate river basins comprehensively. From source to sea, explore climate influences, geological features, hydrology, floods, erosion, groundwater dynamics, and land use impacts. Develop skills to assess hazards, create risk maps, and design effective mitigation strategies for sustainable basin management and planning.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain a practical overview of temperate river basins, covering climate, geology, soils, landforms, hydrology, groundwater, floods, and slope processes. Master analysis of drainage networks, sediment budgets, erosion, mass movement, and connect these to land use planning, risk mapping, monitoring, and mitigation using real data.
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Develop skills
- Classify river channels and connect their forms to sediment transport and flood patterns.
- Create spatial risk maps for floods and erosion affecting communities, farms, and infrastructure.
- Diagnose basin hazards by evaluating climate, geology, soils, and land use factors.
- Interpret hydrological data to evaluate groundwater recharge, storage, and flood peaks.
- Design nature-based and engineered solutions to enhance river basin safety and resilience.
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