Klias Peninsula

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Klias Peninsula
Klias Peninsula
Location of Klias Peninsula in Sabah
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Klias Peninsula
Location of Klias Peninsula in Malaysia
EtymologySemenanjung Klias
Geography
Location Interior Division
Coordinates 5°23′9.139″N115°34′46.448″E / 5.38587194°N 115.57956889°E / 5.38587194; 115.57956889
Archipelago Maritime Southeast Asia
Adjacent to South China Sea
Administration
State Flag of Sabah.svg  Sabah

The Klias Peninsula (Malay : Semenanjung Klias) is a peninsula in western of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of coastal wetlands which become the largest mangrove and nipa swamp area in Sabah's west coast and serves as a major nurturing ground for fisheries resources in the Brunei Bay and Kimanis Bay. [1] [2] [3]

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Geology

Miocene cobble conglomerates deposited in a tidally-influenced channel define a major sequence boundary exposed on the peninsula that can be correlated to paleo-shelf edge gorges imaged offshore on seismic data. [4] Recent beach deposits on the area at 20 metre elevation indicate youthful uplift which offer a stellar example of drainage capture and facies variability in an active tropical foreland basin. [4]

Climate and biodiversity

The peninsula coastal area comprising the Kuala Penyu and Beaufort generally received mean annual rainfall ranging from 2,000 millimetres to 2,500 millimetres while towards the east annual rainfall reached between 2,500 millimetres and 3,000 millimetres. [5] It consists of four forest reserve areas of Binsuluk, Klias, Menumbok and Padas Damit with much of its coastline is lined with mangroves. [2] The area supports a large population of water birds as well as proboscis monkeys and 134 tree species from 59 families. [6] [7]

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References

  1. Annual Report of the Geological Survey Department. publisher not identified. 1950.
  2. 1 2 "Findings - Klias Peninsula in General" (PDF). Sabah Biodiversity Conservation Project, Identification of Potential Protected Areas, Klias Peninsula - Final Report. Ministry of Culture, Environment and Tourism, Government of Sabah. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. "Assessment of Coastal Fisheries in the Malaysian – Sabah portion of the Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME)" (PDF). Department of Fisheries, Government of Sabah. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. 1 2 Andrew B. Cullen (2010). "The Klias Peninsula and Padas River: NW Borneo, An Example of Drainage Capture in an Active Tropical Foreland Basin". Online Journal for E&P Geoscientists via American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
  5. "Annual rainfall pattern of Sabah [Klias Peninsula]". Government of Sabah. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. "Klias peninsula [Data Zone MY028]". BirdLife International. 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Jason Munshi-South; Henry Bernard (2011). "Genetic Diversity and Distinctiveness of the Proboscis Monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) of the Klias Peninsula, Sabah, Malaysia". Journal of Heredity. 102 (3): 342–346. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esr013 . PMID   21414965 via Oxford University Press.