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Sungai Kacung, Teranganu state, Malaysian Peninsula
Malaysia, Teranganu, Kuala Teranganu
It is a river located in Teranganu state, Malaysia. The river varies its flow according to the season, dry and wet, with colored waters, due to its high content of organic matter. Its waters are acidic, PH 5-5.8 with a about GH 2. The temperature of this river is varies between 23-27°C.
The area that I have investigated is a slow river course with a lot of lateral branching becoming channels and peat swamps in the wet season. We can find a great diversity of plants such as Hygrophila sp. and many species of Cryptocoryne. Its geology is composed mostly of limestone rocks and the sand that we find is very fine and with a lot of sediment derived from the organic decomposition that is in it.
- Submitted by
- Alejandro Rios Martin
- Approved by
- Hans-Georg Evers & John Lenagan
- GPS
- 5.6119442, 102.4463882
- Geographical region
- Southeastern Asia
- Drainage Basin
- Sungai Besut
- River catchment
- Sungai Cakung
- Water body type
- River
- Water body name
- Sungai Kacung
- Water body part
- Channel
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Sungai Kacung
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- fresh-water
- Water color
- Black water
- Water transparency
- Medium
- Concentration of sediments
- High
- Water temperature
- 23-27 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Slow
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 6
- Conductivity
- 2
- GH
- 2 mg/l
- dGH
- KH
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Beige
- Pebble/Gravel
- White
- Stone
- Mixed
- Stone form
- Roundish
- Silt/Mud
- Brown
- Leaves
- Many
- Driftwood
- Many
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- Yes
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- Collecting area
- Water depth
- 1,0m
- Air temperature
- 25 °C
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
Environment
- Environment
- Affected by human activity
- Affected by human activity
- Deforestation
- Deforestation
- Advanced
- Surrounding area
It is a wooded, humid area, with a temperature of 26 degrees, full of epiphyte and terrestrial vegetation and surrounded by channels of the same river. Abundant rocks and aquatic plants of the Cryptocoryne sp. and Hepatica genus.
- Underwater landscape
Abundant wood fallen from the trees, roots that enter the river, pebbled rocks, abundant vegetation and abundant organic matter.
- Threats to ecology
The location is situated in the Lata Tembakah Nature Reserve, which represents a large forest mass. This habitat and the fauna are in serious danger of extinction due to deforestation and the massive cultivation of horticultural activities.
Riparian zone
- Trees near the aquatic habitat
-
Many - Not Identified
Comment by the expert
Hans-Georg Evers: Well done, bibliography to be improved.
John Lenagan: The research and general understanding was comprehensive and supported the realistic representation of a small side channel with limited flow in the dry season, the selection and arrangement of pebbles, roots, leaves and plants was accurate.
