Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basin Management
Course Code: ZTO604
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: 
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Soils of Turkey, soil and land management at the basin level, to inform students about sustainable agriculture in terms of agricultural production.

Course Content

The territory of Turkey in terms of land management, land management issues related to the drought, water economy and soil conservation, watershed units and elements, watershed planning and management, water resources planning, soil compaction, soil exhaustion, land management of salty soils, soil tillage, land consolidation, wrong agricultural practices and their negative impact on land, sustainable and ecological agriculture.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Information about soils of Turkey
2.Methods of soil conservation practices and planning
3.The most appropriate ways to apply the cultivation techniques
4.Practicing sustainable agriculture techniques in the field
5.Searching literature about subject
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Taysun, A., 1989. Toprak ve Su Korunumu. E. Ü. Zir. Fak. Yay. No: 92-III.
2.Çanga, M. R., 1996. Toprak ve Su Koruma. A. Ü. Zir. Fak. Yayınları No:1386 Ders Kitabı No:400, Ankara.
3.Newson, M. (1997) Land, Water and Development: Sustainable Management of River Basin Systems. London,Routledge, UK.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information on basin management, yield-moisture and yield-plant nutrient relations
Week 2 - Theoretical
Overview of the territory of Turkey as element of land management
Week 3 - Theoretical
Soil mellowness; soil mellowness in soil consistency, soil physical situation in terms of soil mellowness, soil mellowness measurements.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Soil tillage; the aims of soil tillage
Week 5 - Theoretical
Seed bed preparation; ideal qualities of a seed bed, cultivation for the seed bed preparation
Week 6 - Theoretical
Cultivation; the aims of cultivation
Week 7 - Theoretical
The compaction problem in tillage
Week 8 - Theoretical
Problematic soils in terms of agricultural production, saline and alkaline soil management
Week 9 - Theoretical
Soil tillage tools
Week 10 - Theoretical
Semi-arid soil management in our regions and the water conservation and crop production
Week 11 - Theoretical
Soil exhaustion
Week 12 - Theoretical
Sustainable agriculture
Week 13 - Theoretical
Sustainable land management
Week 14 - Theoretical
The benefits of irrigation development and implementation of land consolidation projects
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment140040
Reading320060
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
3
3
2
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
4
4
5
4
OÇ-4
4
5
4
5
4
OÇ-5
4
5
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026