Environmental Degradation: A Review on the Potential Impact of River Morphology

¹ Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
² Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
³ Faculty of Civil Eng. and Env., Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

^* Corresponding author: awang295@sarawak.uitm.edu.my

Abstract

River morphology involves the lateral migration of matters deposited by flowing water in the river channel across its floodplain. This is driven by the erosion along the river banks and point bar deposition over time. This paper presents a review on river morphology studies and its potential impact to the society. The reviewed studies include mathematical models and computer simulation such as FLUVIAL-11 and RVR Meander Package that are significant to illustrate a continuous research development on channel adjustment. The findings also shows that a lot more area can still be explored to aid the fundamental of understanding river morphology and that East Malaysia will provide a good platform for the researchers to investigate the lateral migration of a river due to its diversity environment.