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Borneo Peat Swamp, Indonesia
Indonesia
The Borneo Peat Swamp Forests ecoregion represents the peat swamps along the coasts of Borneo and around the clusters of inland lakes associated with the Mahakam and Kapuas rivers. Peat swamp forests occur in areas waterlogged for the better part of the year, where acidic clay soils that create anaerobic conditions prevent dead leaves and wood from decomposing. Over thousands of years this biomass accumulated to create a layer of peat that can be over 20 m deep.
- Submitted by
- Mainak Sen Gupta
- Approved by
- Greg Martin & Peter Unmack
- Geographical region
- Southeastern Asia
- Drainage Basin
- River catchment
- Water body type
- Lake
- Water body name
- Kapuas River
- Water body part
- Water body course
- Water body: tributary of
- Tributary name
- Kapuas River
Videos above and below water
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- fresh-water
- Water color
- Black water
- Water transparency
- Low
- Concentration of sediments
- High
- Water temperature
- 24-27 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Slow
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 4
- Conductivity
- GH
- dGH
- KH
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Orange
- Pebble/Gravel
- Stone
- Stone form
- Silt/Mud
- Leaves
- Adundant
- Driftwood
- Many
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- Yes
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- Collecting area
- Water depth
- Air temperature
- Sunlight
Environment
- Environment
- Affected by human activity
- Affected by human activity
- Deforestation
- Deforestation
- Initial
- Surrounding area
The swamps are generally surrounded by different variety of huge trees and all the dead leaves and branches from those trees gives the water its black colour.
- Underwater landscape
Underwater landscape consists of leaf litters, dead branches, over hanging roots along with submerged aquatic plants and mosses.
Fishes:
- Boraras brigittae (Danionidae)
- Trigonostigma hengeli (Danionidae)
- Boraras maculatus (Danionidae)
Aquatic plants:
- Cryptocoryne wendtii (Araceae)
- Cryptocoryne spiralis (Araceae)
- Hygrophila corymbosa (Acanthaceae)
- Leptochilus pteropus (Polypodiaceae)
- Threats to ecology
