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SOIL AND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, 4/E

GLENN SCHWAB, Ohio State University
DELMAR FANGMEIER, University of Arizona
WILLIAM ELLIOT, USDA Forest Service
ISBN: 0-471-10973-8, 400 Pages, Cloth, 1996


Course Description:

Appropriate for introductory soil and water conservation courses, generally offered at the sophomore/junior level. The course is taken by all agriculture students.

Text Description:

The text introduces surveying, hydrology, erosion control, water supply, drainage and irrigation. Also includes the basic principles for controlling water and wind erosion, the disposal of excess water in humid areas and from irrigation systems, and the management of irrigation systems. Principles of soil and water systems are clearly presented with examples and student problems to demonstrate applications to typical problems encountered by resource managers.

Features:

Table of Contents:

  1. Conservation Management and the Environment
  2. Distance and Area Measurement
  3. Levels and Leveling
  4. Land Surveys and Mapping Systems
  5. Rainfall and Runoff
  6. Soil Erosion by Water
  7. Upland Water Erosion Control
  8. Channel Flow Erosion Control
  9. Wind Erosion and Control Practices
  10. Water Quality and Supply
  11. Water Storage in Reservoirs, Cisterns and Tanks
  12. Surface Drainage and Wetlands
  13. Subsurface Drainage
  14. Soil Water Relations and Evapotranspiration
  15. Irrigation Principles
  16. Surface Irrigation
  17. Sprinkler Irrigation
  18. Microirrigation
  19. Water Measurement
Glossary of Special Terms
Index