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| Image number: | 1897 |
| Feature : | horroyo |
| Grouping : | water harvesting |
| Discipline : | Environment |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Amba Raeset |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tigray |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | Horroyos are constructed to collect runoff water. The bottom is made impermeable, either by plastic folio or by clay coating to prevent loss of water by leacking. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 1897. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |