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Environmental Hydrology
Environmental Hydrology is an excellent textbook for use in introductory/intermediate hydrology courses. 60 tables, 169 illustrations, 71 worked examples, 120 homework problems, laboratory exercises or projects are included in this ideal textbook for students of environmental science, hydrology, meteorology, agronomy, soil science, forestry, geography, natural resources, and agricultural and civil engineering. It provides a qualitative understanding of hydrologic processes and an introduction to methods for quantifying hydrologic parameters and processes. English units are primarily used but conversion tables and many problems with SI units are also presented.
Written by an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers, the book begins with introductory chapters on the components of the hydrologic cycle. Subsequent chapters cover soil water hydrology, evapotranspiration, ground-water flow, surface runoff, soil erosion, flow in channels, forest and wetland hydrology, water quality, remote sensing applications in hydrology, and modeling hydrologic systems. It also includes a chapter of projects and laboratory exercises, a glossary of terms, hydrologic data, and references.
Written by an interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers, the book begins with introductory chapters on the components of the hydrologic cycle. Subsequent chapters cover soil water hydrology, evapotranspiration, ground-water flow, surface runoff, soil erosion, flow in channels, forest and wetland hydrology, water quality, remote sensing applications in hydrology, and modeling hydrologic systems. It also includes a chapter of projects and laboratory exercises, a glossary of terms, hydrologic data, and references.
496 pages, Hardcover
First published August 22, 1995
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May 29, 2023
Sorry for my previous 3 star review. I was just tired from too much school. Actually a very good and helpful textbook.
March 26, 2025
The semester's not done but I'm rating my textbooks now because I already know what I think of them. This one made me cry in my first week. The first half of every chapter is more conceptual, and then BAM! mid-chapter you turn the page and there's suddenly 8 equations you have to (pretend to be able to) decipher. I went into Hydrology not knowing it was so heavy on math, and even though I like math, this scared the shit out of me.
Once I realized that I was going to be tested more on the concepts than the equations, I calmed down. But this still begs the question: Why the hell are we reading this textbook? Is there not a hydrology textbook out there that lays out the concepts, visualizes them (in color???), and then just gives us a few relevant equations that we might actually use in our lifetime? If not, they why not???? (I plead to the sky!!!)
To someone reading this review who thinks to themselves that it is more about my experience of the class than the textbook itself, I know. I know that I'm stressed out and being a little harsh, and this is, in fact, me trying to be kind and temper myself. I wanted to give two stars, but I gave three considering this.
TL;DR this does not feel like an intro to hydrology book. The only thing it's achieved, really, is making me feel like an imposter and giving me a testing ground for my pastel highlighters that I thought would keep me "engaged," but are not, in fact, magic highlighters.
Once I realized that I was going to be tested more on the concepts than the equations, I calmed down. But this still begs the question: Why the hell are we reading this textbook? Is there not a hydrology textbook out there that lays out the concepts, visualizes them (in color???), and then just gives us a few relevant equations that we might actually use in our lifetime? If not, they why not???? (I plead to the sky!!!)
To someone reading this review who thinks to themselves that it is more about my experience of the class than the textbook itself, I know. I know that I'm stressed out and being a little harsh, and this is, in fact, me trying to be kind and temper myself. I wanted to give two stars, but I gave three considering this.
TL;DR this does not feel like an intro to hydrology book. The only thing it's achieved, really, is making me feel like an imposter and giving me a testing ground for my pastel highlighters that I thought would keep me "engaged," but are not, in fact, magic highlighters.
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