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Incidence of Erosion and Boundary Change to Balok River,
East Peninsular Malaysia
Mangaiyarkarasi D/O Manimuthu
Supervisor: Dr. Bryan Raveen Nelson
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
School Of Marine and Environmental Science
University Malaysia Terengganu
River bank erosion is one of the major and unpredictable hazards worldwide. To prove
and determine the incidence of erosion and deposition, a field visit was carried out
along Balok River. Sediment samples were collected from four transect at the both
side of river during February 2018. Based on the result obtained, generally the erosion
is occurring at the both side of the river. The sediment deposits at the river mouth,
causes the river to elongate and gets wider due to sedimentation. The sediment
characteristic analysis proves that this zone were dominated by finer sand and medium
coarser sand. While, the arrangement of sediment along the river are well sorted and
moderately well sorted. Nevertheless, possible studies should be done for rivers in
Malaysia to identify a sustainable recovery method to protect them.
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