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Image number: 2347
Feature : bulging
Grouping : mass movements
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Lisala
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Lisala
Physiographic region : Congo basin
Notice : Bulging of the soil as a result of deep seated creep/slow landsliding can destruct buildings and economic infrastructure as roads, power lines... Natural hazard, natural risk
Reference : Smets, Benoît,   2009    Image 2347.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"