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| Image number: | 2125 |
| Feature : | alluvial fan |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Kavimvira |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Uvira |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | The Kavimvira descends the Mitumba rift shoulder. During big flash floods, stream floods, exceptional big boulders are transported. The river actively builds up an important alluvial fan on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. This fan is subjected to important river erosion, river dosition and inundations during flash floods. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2125. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |