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Image number: 1130
Feature : rockfall
Grouping : mass movements
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 1999
Locality : Hagere Selam
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : notice During the rainy season, big boulders come down from the cliffs. Sometimes people are injured. Their impact causes deep pits and grooves.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1999    Image 1130.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"