Monsoon Season Case Study

In Malaysia, the monsoon season or known as the Northeast Monsoon Winds occur each year from November to March .This phenomenon caused from the difference of air pressure between the continents. Wind moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas. Winds from the East Asia that have high pressure air will move through Malaysia and reach at Mainland Australia where air pressure is low. Prior to reach in Malaysia wind will up in the South China Sea where the sea is wide and then transport the water vapor evaporated by the sea, and water vapor then condensed as rain when the land masses on the peninsula , Sabah and Sarawak. Major problems caused by monsoon season is causing floods and the solution is restoring physical and cultural features

In addition, the factors that led to floods caused by river erosion and shallow river. When it rains heavily, the river eroded naturally or due to human cannot cope or drain rain water that much. Finally, the river water will spill over to the banks and the flood will occur. Further, other factors causing flood is caused by lack of water catchment area. Water catchment area refers to the forest. Forests absorb rain water that fell to earth with a rate of between 2% to 20%. Then the water will be absorbed into the soil with the help of tree roots. With heavy rain causing water to flow into the river because of the lack of plants that will absorb rain water into the soil structure. River cannot hold water in large amounts in the development of a short time, at this time overflow occurs resulting in flooding. More notably, human activity process of urbanization also cause floods. Many areas modernized. Low-lying areas have been reclaimed by taking land from the hills. There is also a small river filled up to be a building site. Area tar-seal with cement their leisure. When it rains, water will flow from the hills to the low-lying areas and stagnant because the water cannot be absorbed by the soil. Over time the water will increase and flooding will