Physical Geography Course
This course equips geography and geology professionals with skills to master river basins from source to sea. Learn to analyse floods, erosion, groundwater, and land use impacts, applying geomorphic knowledge to effective risk assessment, planning, and mitigation strategies in real-world settings.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid 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. Analyse 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 form to sediment transport and flood patterns.
- Create spatial risk maps for floods and erosion affecting towns, farms, and infrastructure.
- Diagnose basin hazards using climate, geology, soils, and land use data.
- Interpret groundwater flow data for recharge, storage, and flood peak assessments.
- Design nature-based and engineered solutions for safer, resilient river basins.
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