of these particles is influenced by flow velocity, river
morphology, riverbed roughness and river slope.
These parameters interact with each other so that it
will determine the amount and type of sediment and
the speed of sediment transport, this causes the results
of the sedimentation process in one place to another,
even though it is in one coastal area, as well as for the
Bengkalis island area which is on the coast of the
Malacca strait.
The source of origin of sediment is one of the
factors that cause differences in characteristics.
Waikelo Beach and Melolo are beaches facing the
Sumba Strait and facing the surrounding islands
(Flores Island and Sumbawa Island) so that the
coastal sediments have a major influence on the
sediment supply from the mainland. Meanwhile, the
Laboya beach is directly related to the Indian Ocean
which causes the size of the coastal sediment to be
smoother. The same thing was expressed by Nugroho
and Putra (2017), who conducted research on the
grain size of sediments in the Sumba Strait and to the
south and west of the Indian Ocean, that sediments
that are directly related to the Indian Ocean have a
smoother character than those in the Sumba strait.
The results of the calculation of the sediment
fraction of the waters of the Silandak River (Table 2)
sedimentary classification is dominated by sand
(sand) and clay (clay). Sand is found at points 1,2, and
3 where point 1 is upstream, points 2 and 3 are part of
the middle river, where the three points are areas with
a depth of < 30 cm and a low river current speed of
0.04 seconds. The condition around the river is in the
form of densely populated settlements, around the
river rocks and sand are found, so that the sediment
that is deposited in the form of sand, other fine
materials is carried by currents into lower waters to
the sea. Points 4 and 5 are dominated by clay with an
average clay percentage of 60%, this is because points
4 and 5 are parts close to the coast where fine particles
carried from upstream will enter downstream
(Dominig and Muskananfola, 2019).
Analysis of sedimentation characteristics has been
carried out in the New Straits port area at the mouth
of the Bengkalis Liong River, where the Liong River
estuary is located on the north coast of Bengkalis
Island which is directly connected to the Malacca
Strait. Analysis of sediment characteristics was
carried out at 2 station points in the New Straits port.
From the results of the sedimentation analysis, it was
found that there were three sediment fractions,
namely sand, silt and clay with various diameters.
The percentage of sand at station 1 is 75.87% which
is located in the port dock area, while the percentage
of sand at station 2 is 53.9%, precisely at the end of
the river mouth. The percentage of silt at station 1 is
20.85%, while at station 2 is 43.86%. The percentage
of clay at station 1 is 3.28%, while at station 2 is
3.24% (Khabib et all, 2013).
Research on sediment characteristics was also
carried out on the Selatbaru beach with a location
distance of +1 km (Khabib et all, 2013), where the
results obtained that the sediment characteristics of
the beach bottom surface were grouped into three
sedimentary fractions, namely gravel, sand and mud.
The sand sediment fraction is found at each station
and is the most common sedimentary sediment found
when compared to the gravel and mud fractions. The
type of sediment in the research location can be
grouped into 2 types of sediment, namely sand and
muddy sand. Sediment with sand type is found in
every sub-station, except for sub-station 1B which
has a muddy sand fraction type (Putra et all, 2017).
Study of sediment characteristics on the west
coast of Bengkalis Island, the study was carried out
by taking test samples using the Eckman Grab from 7
station points (Figure 1) then analyzed to determine
the composition and content of organic matter in the
sediment, where the results of the analysis of the
sediment fraction in the waters The Bengkalis Strait
shows that these waters consist of three types of
fractions, namely gravel, sand, and mud. However,
the dominant fraction in each station is the sand
fraction (Putri and Rifardi, 2012).
Figure 1: Sample station of Putri and Rifardi research,
2012.
The percentage of gravel fraction ranges from 0-
17.84% where the lowest percentage is at Stations 2,
3, and 5 while the highest percentage is at Station 4
with a percentage of 17.84%. The percentage of sand
fraction ranges from 80-96.72% where the highest