Course Content (Syllabus)
The subject-matter of the 4th semester English is related with the following areas:
- Classification and naming of plants
- Forests of the world (softwoods, hardwoods, tropical rain forests, monsoon forests, savannah forests, thorn forests, grasslands,
- Deserts of the world (the most extensive ones and 'tundra' soil)
- Influence of geography on climatic factors, plant distribution and temperature, influence of latitude on day-length, the influence of 'relief'
- Biotic factors (animals, man, fire)
- Glaciers as a water resource with emphasis on characteristics of 'runoff' from high mountains, 'hydrology' and alternative energy
Keywords
ecology, softwoods, hardwoods, deserts, glaciers