Description
ANR 186 Water Resources
Prereqs: None
4 cr. hrs. (4 pds: 4 lec.)
Programs: All
GenEd: AGEC/G, AAS(G)
Note: REA 091 pre/co-requisite for receiving Gen. Ed. credit.
This course will introduce basic principles of hydrology with an emphasis on aspects that are useful in the practice of desert range management. Topics include the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, runoff, floods, drought, erosion, desert and riverine landforms, groundwater flow, types of range well pumps, traditional O'odham water use, water quality, and water law. These subjects will be taught using examples taken largely from within the Tohono O'odham Nation.