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| Image number: | 2272 |
| Feature : | rilling |
| Grouping : | pluvial erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | hogback tree shelter, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | During the winter rains, runoff can be important in the Red Sea Desert. Here wash creates a rill/gully, going through the protective desert pavement. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2272. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |