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| Image number: | 2521 |
| Feature : | infiltration pit |
| Grouping : | Land management |
| Discipline : | Environment |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Lemba, Kinshasa |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Infiltration pits are often made to decrease runoff and the danger for gullying. But even diffuse runoff carries so much load that such pits are quickly filled up. |
| Reference : | Makanzu, Imwagana, Fils, 2009 Image 2521. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |