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| Image number: | 1899 |
| Feature : | table mountain and dyke |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Imba Degoa Ridge and Amba Raeset |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tigray |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | To the right the table mountain of Amba Raeset, capped by Amba Aradam Sandstone. This hill is partly dislocated by a fault. To the left, the elongated sharp topped relief reflects the presence of a dyke, a vertical intrusion of dolerite, linear (lineament) in planform. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 1899. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |