Latitude : 3 7 12 S Logitude : 104 15 0 E
Altitude : 10 to 14 metres
Area : 44500 ha Wetlands: 0 ha
Site Description
The peatswamps consist of 3 separate peatdomes that probably originated as
topogenous peat, formed in perennially wet detressions between the levees of
the Musi, Lematang and Bungin rivers - Peat depth averages about 4m, and is
often over 6m. The peatswamps (as surveyed by Giesen, 1990) consist of 3
separate peat domes, which will be referred to (from east to west) as the
Eastern Lematang Peatswamp, the Western Lematang Peatswamp and the Bungin
Peatswamp. Originally all 3 sites were vegetated with tall mixed peatswamp
forest, but logging and fires have altered this to the point that only
degenerated and secondary forest remains.
Site Location
The Lematang River peatswamps lie south of the Musi River, about 50 kilometers
west of Palembang in South Sumatra Province and straddle the river whose name
they bear. PHPA is not represented in the area, the nearest office being that
of the Kayu km 6, PO Box 288, tel (410948). The Balais office is in Tanjung
Karang, Lampung Province. The peatswamps lie in two regencies: Kabupaten
Musi-Banyiasin, where the Bungin Peatswamp and the northern-most five
kilometre band of both Eastern and Western Lematang Peatswamps are found, and
Kabupaten Muara Enim, where the remaining areas of the Eastern and Western
Lematang Peatswamps are located. |
