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| Image number: | 2743 |
| Feature : | rainwash erosion |
| Grouping : | pluvial erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Mataba |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | In loose sands, tree roots have no soil protecting capacity. As a result of diffuse rainwash, the roots of a palm tree, an advocado tree and an old undefined tree and the fundations of the building behind are coming to the surface. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2743. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |