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Wesli Wesli1, Fadhliani Fadhliani1, Nanda S Ersa1

  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, Indonesia.

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HEC-RASKeureuto Damdisaster risk mitigation; dam breachflood simulationhydrological modelling

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