III. METHODOLOGY
3.1 Time and Location
This research was conducted from February until July 2011 in part of the swamps reclamation area in Banyuasin Regency which geographic location
between 2
o
16
’
48’’ - 3
o
13’48’’ South and 104
o
46
’
48’’ - 105
o
32
’
24’’ East. Swamps reclamation areas in Banyuasin Regency consist of several
locations that can be seen in Table 6. Table 6 Swamps reclamation area in Banyuasin
No Location Area
ha 1 Pulau
Rimau 40,263
2 Delta Telang I
26,680 3
Delta Telang II 13,800
4 Delta Upang
8,423 5 Delta
Saleh 19,780
6 Sugihan Kiri
49,557 7 Sugihan
Kanan 29,835
8 Padang Sugihan
51,000 9 Kumbang
Padang 14,227
10 Gasing Puntian
6,900 11 Air
Rengit 2,411
12 Air Limau
2,576 13 Air
Senda 6,730
14 Tenggulang 8,794
15 Bertak I
4,600 16 Bertak
II 5,100
17 Karang Agung Hulu
9,000 18
Karang Agung Hilir 20,317
19 Karang Agung Tengah
30,000 Source : Public Work Office of Banyuasin Regency, 2010
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Area of interest for this research are consisted of 7 schemes of reclamation schemes in Banyuasin Regency that are Telang I, Delta Upang, Sugihan Kiri,
Sugihan Kanan, Delta Saleh, Padang Sugihan and Kumbang Padang. This area is crossed by Anak Telang, Anak Kumbang and Anak Musi River. The detail of area
of research can be seen in Figure 4.
Research area
Figure 3 Research area
Figure 4 Detail of area of interest
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The climate type of the area is tropical monsoon, hot and humid throughout the year maximum temperature ranging from 29
o
C - 32
o
C, minimum temperature from 21
o
C - 22
o
C and humidity around 84 - 89. The wet months over 200 mm rainfall per month occur during November – April and average driest month
is August less than 100 mm rainfall per month. Average annual rainfall is about 2.400 mm. According to the Oldeman classification, the agro climate is C-1, with
the 5 to 6 wet months rainfall over 200 mm and 0-1 dry months rainfall less than 100 mm. The climate and rainfall type supports a range of crops.
The macro topography is generally flat or gently sloping towards natural drainage outlets. At micro level, the topography is very irregular and disturbed as
a result of reclamation activities, e.g. the subsidence of mineral soils and the oxidation of peat. Human activities such as leveling and construction of sorjans
further contributed to the disturbance of the original topography.
3.2 Data Preparation
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