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Υ1201 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

 

Semester:

1st

Course Type:

Mandatory

Course Code:

Y1201

eClass URL

Hours per Week

- Lecturing:

3

- Practical/Lab Exersices:

2

Total Hours of Fieldwork Exersice:

3

ERASMUS:

 

ECTS:

6

Teaching Units:

5

Prerequisites:

-

Expected Prior Knowlegde:

-


Course Content

Through lectures, laboratory exercises, the students understand natural processes, internal and external, which take place on and sculpt the surface of the Earth, including those caused from human intervention.

History and divisions of Geography (Physical Geography, Mathematical Geography, Anthropogeography); Erosion; Corrosion; Landscape formation; Types of landforms; Exogenous processes, landform, soil and plants, climate change; Landforms and climate; Characteristics of submarine terrain, coastal processes, fiord, coral reefs; Shape of the Earth; Earth in space; Evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere; Hydraulic cycle, surface water, rivers, lakes, glaciers; Geological structure and landforms; Environmental and Climate change; Topographic maps; Examination and interpretation of aerial photography; Physical geography and the environment; The atmosphere and the climate; Atmosphere pollution; The hydrosphere, coastal and river pollution; Lithosphere degradation and land pollution; Land corrosion processes; Biosphere and urban pollution; Detection, mapping and managing of environmental changes; Pollution in Greece; Physical Geography of Greece.


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