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| Image number: | 1396 |
| Feature : | escarpment |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Doume Bankass |
| Country : | Mali |
| Region - tribe : | Bandiagara - Dogon |
| Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
| Notice : | notice The phyllites of Toun in the foreground. The overlying Koutiala sandstone forms a first step in the escarpment. The latter shows spring cirques perched above the phyllites. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 1396. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |