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| Image number: | 1637 |
| Feature : | dune field |
| Grouping : | aeolian deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1997 |
| Locality : | Bandiagara escarpment Bankass-Sanga |
| Country : | Mali |
| Region - tribe : | Bandiagara Plateau |
| Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
| Notice : | Ancient dune fileds lean against the Bandiagara escarpment. These dunes are very locally reactivated. Other elongated dune belts are visible farther into the Sourgou (affluent of Volta river) plain. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1997 Image 1637. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |