Potential effect of sea level rise on Rambai River, Malaysia

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-367

  Sathiamurthy, Edlic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Backwater rise; Flood susceptibility; Rambai river; Sea level rise; Tidal intrusion; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878183900     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.22.03.972     Document Type: Article

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