Annotation, author and tutor

Course outline

1. Introduction - delimitation of the state territory, geographical position;
2. Geology - regional geology and geological history of the Bohemian Massif and the Carpathians;
3. Landforms - geomorphology, quaternary development, main geomorphologic features, regional geomorphology;
4. Climate and weather - main characteristic, factors;
5. Water - hydrological conditions, spatial distribution of water resources, factors;
6. Soil - pedogeography, spatial distribution of soil types;
7. Plants and animals - biogeography, sources of species diversity, bioregions, factors influencing diversity and spatial distribution of species;
8. Quaternary landscape evolution - Pleistocene and Holocene changes, landscape phenomenons;
9. State of the environment and environmental protection - landscape protection, protected areas, historical trends in pollution, causes and effects;

Target group: undergraduate or graduate students

Time allocation: 89 hours

Author and tutor:

Dr. Klára Vočadlová, Ph.D. is geographer having the specialization on quaternary geomorphology of Central Europe, especially palaeogeographical reconstruction of Quaternary landscape. She is author or co-author of scientific publications as well as popular and educative papers. She is experienced in broad range of fieldwork and laboratory techniques. She participated (both management and research positions) in scientific, applied and educational projects. From 2013, she is member of Centre of Biology, Geoscience and Environmental Education at Faculty of Education University of West Bohemia. She gives lectures in geology, physical and regional geography and teaching geography, and she is thesis supervisor.

She loves to uncover beauty of Czech landscape.