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Image number: 2162
Feature : lateral river erosion
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2007
Locality : Nyakibenda
Country : Burundi
Region - tribe : Rusizi - Mirwa Chain
Physiographic region : Rift shoulder Rusizi
Notice : In this newly deforested area, slopes are affected by landsliding and gullying, while the rivers in the valley transport heavy bedload.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2007    Image 2162.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"