WBSU PG 2nd Semester Geography Study Materials
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This course includes notes for the PG Geography 2nd Semester of West Bengal State University (WBSU).
The notes are written in Bengali with a high standard of language. Essential diagrams have been included to aid understanding. The notes have been updated for the year 2024.
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Course Content
GEOPCOR06T: Hydrology and Oceanography
Water inputs: Water vapour; precipitation and its variability, Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) relationships.
Water storages: Interception, throughfall and depression storage — controlling factors and estimation.
Water losses: Evaporation, transpiration and evapotranspiration — controlling factors and estimation.
Catchment processes: Generation of direct runoff, streamflow and baseflow.
Vertical distribution of water: zone of aeration and saturation. Water-bearing properties of rocks, groundwater flow — Darcy’s law.
Water harvesting: models and feasibility
Water management in tropical farmlands: techniques and approaches.
Relative and absolute motion of plates; Characteristics of continental margins, ridges, guyots, trenches, canyons, fracture zones, island arcs and their tectonic settings.
Marine sediments: Classification, origin, composition and distribution.
Morphology and evolution of coral islands, conditions for coral growth, distribution of coral reefs; problem of coral bleaching.
Evolution and bottom topography of Indian ocean: with respect to submarine ridges, islands, continental shelf, trenches, straits and marginal seas.
Atmosphere-Ocean-Climate coupling: Feedback mechanisms, ocean mixed layer dynamics, fluxes in the boundary layer, gas exchange.
Ocean circulation: Sea surface currents, deep ocean circulation; generation of wind-waves
Generation of tides: Factors controlling the nature and magnitude of tides, characteristics of tidal bore.
Utilisation of the oceanic resources: Nature and types, Regulatory measures like EEZ and CRZ.
GEOPCOR07T: Synoptic and Applied Climatology
GEOPCOR08T: Human Culture and Society
GEOPCOR09T: India: Resource Appraisal and Management
GEOPSEC01M: Introduction to Computer Programming
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