[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.
Excessive erosion leads to loss of soil, ecosystem damage, and a buildup of sediments in water sources. Building terraces and planting trees can help reduce erosion. Erosion through wind, water, and mass wasting is a very destructive force. Subduction zones are destructive, as those convergent boundaries are where crust is directly taken into the mantle and destroyed. Erosion strips away the topsoil of an area, leaving only clay, rock, and debris in it's path.