Kundasang Valley

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Kundasang Valley (Malay : Lembah Kundasang) is a valley where the Kundasang town is located in Sabah, Malaysia, primarily in the highlands of Sabah southeast side of Mount Kinabalu.

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Valley Low area between hills, often with a river running through it.

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Kundasang Town in Sabah, Malaysia

Kundasang is a town in the district of Ranau in Sabah, Malaysia that lies along the bank of Kundasang Valley. It is located about 6 kilometres away from Kinabalu National Park, 12 kilometres from Ranau town and is renowned for its vegetable market which is open seven days a week. It is the closest town to Mount Kinabalu and has a panoramic view of the Mountain. It is populated mainly by the native Dusun and a small population of Chinese people. Almost all the shops are operated by locals.

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Environment

The valley were known to be located at the intersection of regional fault zones of Quaternary age, where widespread ground movements pose the main hazard based on a mapped geology since 1958. [1] As a result of extensive exploration of land for agricultural purposes, the rapid opening of new agriculture land in the valley also has caused the temperature in the area to increase significantly. [2]

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic forces, with the largest forming the boundaries between the plates, such as subduction zones or transform faults. Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most earthquakes.

Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary Period is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene. The informal term "Late Quaternary" refers to the past 0.5–1.0 million years.

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Features

The valley is featured with terraced hill slopes planted with highlands vegetables as well a cattle dairy farm dubbed as Sabah's "Little New Zealand" where the cow breed of Holstein Friesian milk and dairy product were produced. [3] [4] [5]

Vegetable Edible plant or part of a plant, involved in cooking (opposed to Q3314483)

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Desa Cattle Dairy Farm is a dairy farm located at the foot of Mount Kinabalu in Kundasang Valley, Sabah, Malaysia owned by the Desa Cattle (Sabah) Sdn Bhd where most of Sabah's cow milk and dairy product been produced. The farm covering an area of 199-hectare and has been frequently dubbed as Sabah's "Little New Zealand" with geographic panorama scenery view almost looked like in the latter country; as well with its cow breed of Holstein Friesian which is imported from the country.

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References

  1. ↑ H.D. Tjia (2007). "Kundasang (Sabah) at the intersection of regional fault zones of Quaternary age" (PDF). Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia : 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019– via Geological Society of Malaysia.
  2. ↑ Suzianah Jiffar (2 March 2015). "Suhu Kundasang semakin panas" [Kundasang temperature getting hot] (in Malay). Berita Harian . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ↑ Herbert Howard (30 October 2013). 113 National Parks To See Before You Die. Herbert Howard. pp. 75–. GGKEY:6ZQUQDD2JTZ.
  4. ↑ Mary Chin (23 April 2016). "Sabah's own little New Zealand". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Rizauddin Ibrahim (15 September 2017). "GO: Sabah highlands fling". New Straits Times. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

Coordinates: 5°59′32.6″N116°35′08.8″E / 5.992389°N 116.585778°E / 5.992389; 116.585778

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