Can you please provide here syllabus for M.A (Geography) Semester 4 program of Saurashtra University?

As per your request I am here giving you syllabus for M.A (Geography) Semester 4 program of Saurashtra University.

Syllabus M.A (Geography) Semester 4 program:

Hydrology & Oceanography
The Geography of Human Hazards and Management
Men & Environment
Geography of Tourism
Dissertation/ Field work

Hydrology & Oceanography

Unit-1
Nature and scope of oceanography, Relevance of oceanography in earth and
atmospheric sciences: Definition of Oceanography , Distribution of land and water.
Submarine relief of Ocean, Ocean floor, continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal
plain, mid-oceanic and oceanic trenches.

Unit-2
Distribution of temperature and salinity of oceans and seas, Circulation of oceanic
waters: waves their influence, tides and its theories their influence, currents and their
influence - currents of the Atlantic, pacific and Indian Ocean.

Unit-3
Formation theories of Coral Reefs reefs and atolls, Marine deposits, types and
distribution of deposits, Oceanic biological life.

Unit-4
Geographical important of Ocean as storehouse of resources for the future, Impact of
Humans on the Marine Environment.




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Saurashtra University Rajkot
Saurashtra University Campus,
Rajkot, Gujarat 360005
0281 257 8501

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