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| Image number: | 2042 |
| Feature : | landslide |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | Uvira |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Tanganyika |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | Uvira town (city view) lies on an alluvial fan. A landslide has affected the hill behind. The surface affected is probably in origin a fault facet. The hill in the left part of the picture is also affected by a huge mass mouvement. An important portion of the hill sagged down and forwards. Active tectonics? |
| Reference : | Trefois, Philippe, 2006 Image 2042. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |