21 October 2010

The curious story of the Rajang log jam in Sarawak, Malaysia

An interesting if somewhat strange story has developed in Malaysia over the last few days.  The Rajang River flows over a distance of about 560 km across Sarawak.  It is fairly obvious on this Google Earth image: A fortnight ago reports emerged that there were navigation problems on the lower reaches of the river.   Unusually, these issues occurred not because of high or low river levels, but because the …

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