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Sungai Kacung, Teranganu state, Malaysian Peninsula

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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

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
KH
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

Bibliography


Sitography

→ The Parosphromenus Project: Gurami Regaliz

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.