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| Image number: | 1640 |
| Feature : | inselberg |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1971 |
| Locality : | Lama |
| Country : | Nigeria |
| Region - tribe : | Shebshi Mountains - Mumuye |
| Physiographic region : | West-African rain belt |
| Notice : | Big rock masses can slowly creep over rocky surfaces as a result of runoff creep, thermal expansion and contraction |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1971 Image 1640. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |