Land-use Conservation Assessment and Its Influence on Rainfall Erosivity Distribution
Cameron Highlands in Malaysia is about 1,000 metres above sea level with high rainfall intensity characteristics which about 2500-3000mm annually. Massive agricultural activities had took place on the highlands along with rapid urbanisation process over the years. Unfortunately, those have caused...
| Main Author: | MOHD SYAZWAN, MUHAMMAD ASYRAF |
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
| Institution: | Universiti Teknologi Petronas |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | utp-utpedia.22583 / |
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Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
2017
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http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22583/1/Dissertation%20%5B16475%5D.pdf http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/22583/ |
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Cameron Highlands in Malaysia is about 1,000 metres above sea level with
high rainfall intensity characteristics which about 2500-3000mm annually. Massive
agricultural activities had took place on the highlands along with rapid urbanisation
process over the years. Unfortunately, those have caused soil erosion problem on
Cameron Highlands and has become eminent threat by washing away natural topsoil
over the area. There are two factors governing soil erosion which are natural and
anthropogenic. In this research, natural factor by means of rainfall or precipitation will
be considered. Rainfall intensity governs the rainfall erosivity, which by definition is
the kinetic force causing soil detachments and being washed away. |
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