Kampar River Research Articles

Uniqueness Deposit of Sediment on Floodplain Resulting From Lateral Accretion on Tropical Area

Kampar rivers has a length of 413 km with average depth of 7.7 m and width of 143 m. Sixty percent of this rivers are meandering fluvial system which transport and deposit a mixture of suspended and bed-load (mixed load) along low energy. River channel that moving sideways by erosion is undergoing lateral migration and the top of the point bar becomes the edge of the floodplain and the fining-upward succession of the point bar will be capped by overbank deposits of Kampar River. Along the Kampar Rivers, there are more than 60% of floodplain sediments and almost all of the floodplain formed by bend migration on the suspended-load channels of Kampar watershed. This formation consist of succession of fine to medium sand and silt/mud, with root traces, that form as drapes on the prograding bank. These beds dip mostly channel wards and quickly wedge out as they grade up and onto the floodplain. The depositional model is presented showing how lateral accretion can make a significant contribution to the preservation of fine-grained within channel deposits in contemporary floodplains. The examples presented here demonstrate that analogues to ancient point-bar deposits containing alternating sandstone and shale sequences are common in the low-energy fluvial environments of Riau rivers especially Kampar rivers.

KENDALA DAN UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN OBJEK WISATA BONO DI SUNGAI KAMPAR KECAMATAN TELUK MERANTI KABUPATEN PELALAWAN RIAU

Bono attractions Teluk Meranti in the Kampar river has long been known by the local community and society outside the area.. The potential development of one of the tourist destinations of special interest is very great because not only the arrival of world-class surfers are also attracted families join surfers to enjoy the beauty of Teluk Meranti village that has not been untouched by modernization. The study aimed to collect data and analyze data on: 1) The potential attraction owned by Bono. 2) Constraints faced in the development of attractions Bono. 3) The efforts made by the government and the community in the development of attractions Bono. This type of research is qualitative using interviews, observation and research directly spaciousness. The results of research in the field as follows: 1) The potential attraction that Bono Bono has become Icon in provincial and national. 2) Constraints faced in the development of attractions Bono among others: Street who has not been on the tarmac, villa or venue that is still inadequate, stalls where to eat the tourists are still lacking, there is no public transportation to transport tourists. 3) The efforts made by the government and the community in the development of attractions Bono is to prepare themselves in order to promote activities pariwisatai does not eliminate their cultural identity. Keywords: Constraints and Development Efforts Attractions Bono

Environmental Effect of Tidal Bore Propagation in Kampar River

The environmental effect of the tidal bore propagation in kampar river is investigated. Propagation of the tidal bore satisfy Korteweg and de Vries (KdV) equation where the environmental effect will be given as a perturbation term of the KdV equation. The environmental efects taken into considerations are river discharge and bottom sediment. The result show that a river discharge that flow opposite to wave motion will give the damping effect that is decreasing of the wave velocity and the amplitude. The bottom sediments will give the damping effect so that a fine bottom sediment would cause the waves propagte slower than coarse sediment.

Daya Tarik Gelombang Bono Sebagai Objek Wisata Unggulan di Kabupaten Pelalawan

Abstract: The Travel Attractions Bono was amazing and unmatched so as to attract tourists to come to the District Pelalawan. For world surfers (surfers) and tourists from outside, Waves Bono Kampar is an amazing discoveries reveal even the world selencar remarkable for "Bono Kampar ". Bono first waves or wave Kampar River as a frightening figure, but now it become a mainstay for Palalawan Tourism and Riau Province. District Government strategy to develop tourism area Bono As a mainstay of tourism in Pelalawan had done well but not maximized. The strategy that has been done to develop the region are: Conducting regional cultural arts performances Bono, Bono waves Held promotional events, exhibitions Conducting tourism and tourism facilities and infrastructure.
 
 Keywords: Fascination, Attractions Bono

FOOD COMPOSITION AND NICHE CHARACTERISTIC OF GIANT FEATHERBACK (Chitala lopis, Bleeker 1851) IN KAMPAR RIVER, INDONESIA

This paper provides information on the diets of Chitala lopis in Kampar River, Riau Province based on study conducted from Mei 2009 to November 2010. Fish species were obtained from fishers using modified nets, traps, hooks and lines. Specimens were cold with cool box at the point of collection and transported to the laboratory. A total of 176 fish specimens were inspected and their stomach contents were examined. The month-wise collection and experiments were made to exhibit the seasonal variation in food preferences, and feeding habit of the fish. Frequency of occasion and numerical methods were used in this study. Results of denote that C. lopis fed on juvenile fish, shrimp, plant material, insects, worms, benthos, gravel and unidentified organism. The consumption of shrimp tends to increase due to giant featherback’s size, which relates to wider mouth, energy, location (water depth) and gonad development, also there is an increase of shrimp consumption during dry season. In giant featherback, the percentage of consumed shrimps is associated with sex and season, meanwhile the consumption of small fish and plant material is related to fish’s size, sampling station and maturity index. Giant featherback tends to be more selective consuming certain food’s group while growing.

IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY AND REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT IN GIANT FEATHERBACK (CHITALA LOPIS, NOTOPTERIDAE)

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is often used as an indicator of perturbed development. As organisms placed under greater stress, less energy is available to buffer their development compared to unstressed individuals and increasing levels of asymmetry. Therefore, individual asymmetry scores within a population can be used as a measure of an organism’s ability to buffer its development and can be considered as an indirect measurement of individual fitness. In this study a test was conducted to know any correlation among FA and four fitness traits in giant featherback (Chitala lopis) inhabiting non acidified and acidified region along the Kampar River. Three bilateral meristic characters were counted on each side of the fish: number of gill rakers on the lower first branchial arch, eyes diameter, and number of pectoral-fin rays and four traits related to the fitness were measured: egg diameter, size of first maturity, gonad somatic index, and fecundity. Results show that FA (both number and magnitude) levels are differerent, giant featherback inhabiting more acidic station were slightly more asymmetric than those from less acidic one except to those inhabiting alkali station. However, the reproductive investment of giant featherback in the five sampling stations studied here gave no indication that the populations strongly affected by acidification. In this study it did not find any significant negative correlation between FA and any of the measured fitness traits. Therefore it can be concluded that FA is not a useful measure of fitness in this species.

Kajian Aspek Reproduksi Ikan Lais Ompok hypophthalmus di Sungai Kampar, Kecamatan Langgam, Kabupaten Pelalawan, Provinsi Riau

Lais fish of Ompok hypophthalmus is one of high economic fish in Kampar river. It should be protected fromdecreasing of it population estimated due to decreasing of habitat quality and increasing of exploitation. Theobjectives of the research are to study reproduction biology of lais fish as the basic data for conservation. Thisresearch was conducted from January 2007 to January 2008. The results of O. hypophthalmus reproductionaspect show that the smallest female of maturity is 22,9 cm and male is 22,6 cm; the spawning season onSeptember to November; O. hypophthalmus is more appropriate spawning location to oxbow lake that closerelation with tributary; the spawning pattern indicated total spawner fish; the fecundity ranges from 3111 to 11164eggs and the egg diameter ranges 0,41-1,13 mm.

Sediment transport equation assessment for selected rivers in Malaysia

This paper describes a total of 122 sediment data obtained from May 2000 until October 2002 at Kinta River Catchment in the river sediment collection and analysis project. Data collection including suspended load, bed load, bed material and flow discharge have been carried out at six study sites consisting of four rivers which are situated at Kinta River Catchment, namely Kinta River, Pari River, Raia River and Kampar River. The sediment transport equation assessments have been carried out using Yang, Engelund & Hansen, Ackers & White and Graf equations. The results of Yahaya (1999) and Ariffin (2004) studies for Kerayong River, Kulim River and Langat River catchment (224 sets of data) are also included in this present study.

Effluents from a pulp and paper mill: a skin and health survey of children living in upstream and downstream villages

Objectives: A health survey of three villages (upstream village Rantau Baru and two downstream villages, Sering and Pelalawan) in the vicinity of a pulp and paper mill along the Kampar...

Cultural survival, identity and the performing arts of Kampar's suku Petalangan

The traumatic decline of Malay kingdoms in the Indonesian province of Riau and, more recently, the area's rapid economic development, has prompted some Malay intellectuals to articulate a concern for cultural and ethnic specificity. In the search for local definition, some have suggested that it may be found among Riau's suku asli groups small, indigenous forest-based and aquatic societies that retain strong economic and cultural links to the territories and natural environments that they have occupied for generations. This paper is primarily concerned with issues relating to the identity and cultural survival of one such group the Suku Petalangan who number about 20,000 and occupy the once thickly forested Kampar river hinter lands on the Sumatran mainland where they engage in swidden farming, collecting forest products and fishing. Suku Petalangan leaders have described themselves to me as Melayu asli darat (authentic inland Malays) and rakyat bekas kerajaan Pelalawan (people of the former kingdom of Pelaiawan). I have also observed that, depending upon the situation in which identity was an issue, individuals identified themselves or were identified according to their village of birth, clan origin and/or residency. In this paper I argue that Petalangan arts and performing arts in particu lar have a vital role to play in the transmission, expression and celebration of Petalangan cultural identity, and that these functions exist in the context of, and perpetuate a set of, social, environmental and legal codes and attitudes known as adat. Drawing extensively upon the natural envir onment for primary analogies with social life, Petalangan adat reflects a world view in which territorial tenure is central to their concepts of self. And yet in recent times the Petalangan and many other small-scale soci eties in Riau have found that their long-standing assumptions about territ orial tenure are insufficient to protect them against land loss resulting from the intervention of outside powers that include government as well as private and international business interests. As many of the Petalangan territories do not show the designated signs of structured utilization such as tillage, fencing and built structures, they are deemed by the government to be vacant and therefore available for sale to the highest bidder. Regarding the issue of continuing local cultural identity, the govern

Hydrocarbon habitat in the rift graben of the Central Sumatra Basin, Indonesia

Abstract The geological history of the Central Sumatra Basin, situated between the Bila River to the north and the Kampar River to the south, is discussed. The structural style in Central Sumatra is produced by a tensional regime strongly overprinted by a dextral wrench component. Compression does not appear to have been a dominant force; most compression observed in the Tertiary section can be ascribed to that component of wrench tectonics. Factors that have contributed to the prolific oil production of the Central Sumatra Basin include presence of graben sequences with thick organic-rich lacustrine shales, an overlying marine sag sequence with excellent reservoirs, development of early structures and high basin heat flows. The shallow Pre-Tertiary basement and thin sediments of the Central Sumatra Basin are characterized by a very high geothermal gradient, with an average gradient of 6.1°C/100 m (3.38°F/100′). Distribution of the oilfields in the Central Sumatra Basin is largely fault controlled. The oil has migrated vertically out of the Eocene-Oligocene age Pematang Group shales and laterally up the flanks of the graben, generally in an easterly direction, filling younger, Miocene age Sihapas Formation reservoirs. Hydrocarbon accumulations are also present within the rift-fill sequence. Migration distance is generally short, ranging up to 20 km. Models are presented to explain the structural evolution and depositional history of the Pematang graben. Oil, and most of the gas, in the Central Sumatra Basin has been generated from organic-rich shales of lacustrine origin within the Palaeogene Pematang Group. During Palaeogene time, large freshwater lake systems developed within structurally controlled rift graben. Palynology indicates freshwater conditions prevailed, however, occurrences of slightly saline conditions suggest minor climatic changes, chemical stratification, or occasional marine incursions. Tropical climatic conditions without an annual lake turnover favoured lacustrine anoxia and deposition of non-marine hydrocarbon source beds. Climatic changes strongly influence the stratigraphic position of oil-prone source material in the Pematang Brown Shale Formation. Differences in oils, however, appear to reflect the different depositional and environmental histories of the individual lake systems. Geochemical analyses are used in the identification of source beds, interpretation of their depositional environments, oil to source rock correlations and determining the maturation history of the source rock. Systematic variations in organic matter reflect different depositional environments and largely determine the composition of the hydrocarbons generated.