African Geographic Pictures Collection

Search | About the collection | Practical guide | Contact


link

Image number: 1859
Feature : gabions
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : geotechnics
Year : 2006
Locality : Uvira
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu
Physiographic region : Rift-Tanganyika
Notice : Broken gabion and brick wall aside the Kavimvira bridge testify for the tremendous river erosion capacity during flash floods.
Reference : Trefois, Philippe,   2006    Image 1859.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"