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Image number: 2203
Feature : gully in town
Grouping : towns and environment
Discipline : economy, welfare and health
Year : 2007
Locality : Kigali, Biryogo
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Plateau central
Physiographic region : Interlacustrine belt
Notice : Gullies tend to incise vertically. They endanger the houses in the vicinity. Gullies also transport the waste waters from the inhabitants and constitute a factor of medical unsafety.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2007    Image 2203.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"