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| Image number: | 2468 |
| Feature : | gully in town |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Laloux, Kinshasa |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully of Laloux, seen from above the gully head. Natural hazard. Natural risk. The gully walls have still a slope of above 40°. The equilibrium slope in the Kalahari sands is about 32°. Important gully wall evolution by mass wasting is to be expected. Gully management. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2468. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |