The natural elements
of any country are the first building blocks for making the history and
civilization of this country, which interact with its human data to give the
country its strength among other countries. Therefore, the student’s successful
completion of the course makes him able to identify the concept of natural
geography in general, as well as the geographical and astronomical borders of
the Libyan state, and what this has achieved for the state His strengths and
weaknesses, as well as his familiarity with the sequence of geological ages and
their most important evidence on the Libyan land, in addition to his knowledge
of the geomorphological manifestations on the surface of the land of our
country, and the identification of the elements of the climate, the local water
stock, the plant and animal life in Libya, in addition to the types of soils
Intended learning outcomes
The student acquires
several skills by studying this course, the most important of which is his
ability to distinguish evidence of geological times in Libya, as well as
explaining the difference between plant and animal life depending on the
elements of the climate, his mastery of using the computer to draw maps showing
the major terrain phenomena in the country, and his ability to work
collectively to prepare models that illustrate one of the country’s distinctive
topography. And his writing to Bahut about the most important Libyan cities and
the natural problems they suffer from, the most important of which is the
depletion of some resources and an attempt to develop some solutions to avoid
them
Teaching and learning methods
Giving scientific lectures,
field visits to learn about the most important geomorphological phenomena in
our country and group discussion panels, as well as preparing researches
dealing with the study of the most important terraforming phenomena in our
country
Methods of assessments
Midterm exam: 20%
-
Various activities:
20%
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Final exam: 60%
The concept of physical
geography and the importance of the geographical location of our country, the
first week
Geological development
and structure, second week
Terrain third week
Coastal plains fourth
week
Northern Mountain Range
Fifth week
Desert Sixth Week
Northern oases
depressions, the seventh week
Midterm exam week eight
Southern depressions,
the ninth week
the climate
Temperature -
atmospheric pressure tenth week
Winds - rain - climatic
regions, the eleventh week
Normal plant twelfth
week
Wild animals thirteenth
week
Water resources
fourteenth week
Discussion of research
papers, the fifteenth week
Final exam sixteenth week
References and books:
1.
Salem Ali
Al-Hajjaji / New Libya / 1989/ Al-Fateh Complex Publications
2.
Abdulaziz Tareeh
Sharaf / Geography of Libya / 1971 / second edition / Mansha'et al-Maarif in
Alexandria
3.
Al-Hadi Mutafa Abu
Luqma and Saad Khalil Al-Qaziri / The Jamahiriya Study in Geography / 1995 /
First Edition / The Jamahiriya House for Publishing, Distribution and
Advertising
4.
Gouda Hassanein
Gouda / Researches in the Geomorphology of Libyan Lands / First Edition / 1973
/ Publications of the Libyan University / College of Arts
Note: The course
instructor determines the main reference for teaching the course, and uses what
he deems appropriate from the supporting references
