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Image number: 206
Feature : escarpment
Grouping : tectonics
Discipline : geology
Year : 1975
Locality : Muhungwe
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Southern edge of Bufumbira trench
Physiographic region : Rift-Albertine
Notice : South flank of the Virunga Massive, sloping out against the Muhungwe escarpment, maybe a fault step. View from North of Ruhengeri in western direction. Lava field. Volcanics.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1975    Image 206.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"