CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF HYDROLOGY
 Introduction to Hydrology
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Distribution of world’s water resourcesÂ
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Main uses of water which is increasing.Â
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CHAPTER 2: THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
I. Meaning of the Hydrological Cycle
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II. The global hydrological cycle as a closed system
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Components and linkages in the water cycle
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A. Components of the Hydrological CycleÂ
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B. Processes in the Hydrological Cycle
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 The Drainage Basin Hydrological Cycle as an Open System: a) Concept of Drainage Basin and CharacteristicsÂ
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II. Drainage Basin Cycle as an Open System
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CHAPTER 3: MAN AND THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
 Effects of Human Activities on the Hydrological Cycle
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Degradation of watershed and management strategies
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Causes of Watershed Degradation
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Watershed management strategies
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Challenges in managing watersheds
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CHAPTER 4: COMPONENTS OF THE DRAINAGE BASIN HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM
Evapotranspiration as a Major Output in the Drainage Basin Cycle
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II. Types of evapotranspirationÂ
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III. Measurement of evapotranspirationÂ
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IV. Spatial and Temporal variations in Rates of Evapotranspiration
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V. Factors affecting Variations in Rates of evapotranspirationÂ
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B. Non- meteorological factorsÂ
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IV. Significance of evapotranspirationÂ
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Precipitation as a major inputÂ
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II. Forms of precipitation Â
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III. Process of precipitation formationÂ
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Iv. Types of rainfallÂ
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V. Spatial variations of precipitationÂ
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VI. Factors influencing the distribution of precipitation in the worldÂ
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B. Secondary factorsÂ
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VII. Significance of precipitation to the water cycle
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Interception as a storage
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II. Factors influencing interception rate
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III. Significance of interceptionÂ
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 infiltration and overland flow
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II. Spatial Pattern of Infiltration
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III. Factors affecting the Rate of InfiltrationÂ
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A. Overland flow or Surface Run-off
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II. Types of overland flowÂ
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III. Forms of overland flowÂ
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IV. Factors affecting the rate or the amount of surface runoffÂ
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V. Significance in the hydrological cycle
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Soil Moisture Storage
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II. Types of Water Associated with the SoilÂ
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III. States of soil moisture (field capacity and wilting point)
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IV. Measurement of soil moisture
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V. Factors affecting soil moistureÂ
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VI. Significance of soil moistureÂ
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The Soil Moisture Budget
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II. Soil moisture Balance
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III. Seasonal Variations in Soil Moisture Budget
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Soil moisture budget for Maroua, northern Cameroon
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IV. Soil moisture regimesÂ
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periodic variation in run-off
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A. Notion of channel run-offÂ
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II. Main characteristics of Channel flowÂ
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Factors influencing stream velocity
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B. Periodic variations in Run-off (Storm Hydrograph)
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Characteristics of Storm HydrographsÂ
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III. Types of Hydrographs
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IV. Flood Prediction from Storm Hydrographs
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V. Factors affecting the shape of storm Hydrographs.
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A. Dynamic or Transient factorsÂ
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B. Static factors: Catchment or Basin CharacteristicsÂ
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Long Term or Seasonal Variations in runoff
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II. Types of River Regime
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1. Simple regimeÂ
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2. Double Regimes
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3. Complex regimes:
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III. Factors affecting River RegimesÂ
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CHAPTER 5: MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF DRAINAGE NETWORK
Practical Work 1: Plotting and Analysing Storm Hydrographs and River Regime Graphs
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Guided work: Project Based Learning: Observing and Recording River Regimes (1year)
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Practical Work 2: Drainage Basin Morphometry (calculation, Interpretation and Explanation of drainage networks)
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II. Identification of Drainage Network Characteristics
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A. Drainage DensityÂ
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Calculation of drainage density
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Types or classes of drainage density
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Factors affecting drainage density
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B. Stream frequencyÂ
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C. Stream Ordering
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a. Strahler’s method of stream orderingÂ
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b. Shreve’s method of Stream OrderingÂ
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c. Horton’s Ordering System
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d. Bifurcation Ratio
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e. Sinuosity Index
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III. Drainage morphometric laws Â
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a. Stream order and stream number:
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b. Stream order and stream length:Â
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c. Stream order and area of drainage basin:
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