[not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for anything.
There is a need of further study in the effects of the reclamation activities at the northern coastal area of Batam related to environmental to avoid any potential negative influence.
Damage from water erosion is not limited to the loss of productivity on the land where it occurs. The bulk of eroded soil from a hillside comes to rest a short distance away, at the foot of the slope or on a nearby flood plain, where it may bury crops or lower the fertility of bottomlands.