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| Image number: | 1922 |
| Feature : | village |
| Grouping : | habitation and buildings |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | on landslide 3, Hagere selam |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tembien |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | Houses are concentrated as much as possible on the less fertile soils. Typical is the planting of trees, mostly Eucalyptus sp., around the houses. Notice also the stone bunds in the field for soil and water conservation and water harvesting. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 1922. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |