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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
REAU0007-1  Watershead hydraulic management
Duration :  18h Th, 18h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Advanced Master in Water ResourcesToute l'année3
Holder(s) :  Dimitri Xanthoulis
Language :  French language
Course contents :  - Watershed out-flows evaluation by the SCS method
- Rills and sheet erosion
- Wishmeyer Universal Soil Lose Equation
- Measure and modelling of the erosion processes
- The runoff control processes and non-erosive techniques
- The alternate strips
- The total infiltration system
- The terraces of diversion
- The outlets (dams, water ways, hydraulic calculations)
- The other techniques of conservation of soil and water
- Design of the of runoff control devices
Course objective :  The objective of the course is to give the main beliefs to the quantitative assessment of the watershed runoff and the water erosion and agricultural soil losses.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- To assess the agricultural soils losses using the Wishmeyer Universal Soil Lose equation.
- To propose amenities in order to limit the rills and sheet erosion.
Organization :  Lectures : 18
Practical works : 18
Assessment :  Oral examination (50%)
Personal report (50%)


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