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| Image number: | 2451 |
| Feature : | gullying |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Maman Mobutu district |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully at the Maman Mobutu district swallowed since 2004 more than fifty houses. Natural hazard, natural risk. As the gully is deepening, it also widens by secundary mass movements on the walls. Houses close to the gully will finally be taken into the gully by these mass movements |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2451. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |