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| Image number: | 2299 |
| Feature : | river aggradation |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Sodmein valley |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Many gullies show at their base an underdimensioned alluvial fan, like the gully to the left and many gullies just show no alluvial fan at all. This indicates that river aggradation recently was so important as to bury these gully deposits. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2299. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |