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| Image number: | 2504 |
| Feature : | waterfall |
| Grouping : | river erosion |
| Discipline : | hydrogeology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Binza River |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | The so-called "Grès d'Inkisi", possibly "Grès Polymorphes" are overlain by easily erodible reworked "Kalahari Sands", in which the hills of the high town of Kinshasa are etched out. A perched water table sits on the "grès". Waterfalls are produced on places where rivers cut through these sandstones. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2504. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |