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Image number: 2047
Feature : gully
Grouping : gully
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 1984
Locality : Runyinya
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Butare
Physiographic region : Interlacustrine belt
Notice : Gullying is a general feature in Central Africa, and the occurrence of the phenomenon is increasing. There is a debate going on whether it results from changing soil use or from climatic change
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1984    Image 2047.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"