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| Image number: | 2126 |
| Feature : | river valley |
| Grouping : | daily human activities |
| Discipline : | human and social sciences |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Mulongwe |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Uvira |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | The Mulongwe descends from the Mitumba Range. Numerous human activities in the river bed. The township of Uvira was first developed only on the alluvial fans of the rivers Kavimvira, Mulongwe and Kalimabenge. But now it can be seen how the town creeps upon the steep lower slopes of the Mitumba. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2126. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |