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Image number: 982
Feature : waterfall
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2005
Locality : Tsalet, May Leiba
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : notice Rivers are attraction points to people and cattle. Hydrogeology: Antalo limestone rocks act as local aquiclude; palaeoenvironment: tufa deposits aside the waterfall indicate former perennial stream.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2005    Image 982.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"