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| Image number: | 2209 |
| Feature : | gully management |
| Grouping : | towns and environment |
| Discipline : | economy, welfare and health |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Kigali, Biryogo |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Plateau central |
| Physiographic region : | Interlacustrine belt |
| Notice : | Gullies tend to incise vertically. They endanger the houses in the vicinity. In this case the gully is stabilized by means of a mantle in concrete. The steps are constructed to brake the erosive force of the water during rainstorms. The runoff response in a town to rainfall is much higher than in a rural environment. This gives rise to inundations in the valleys, more important than before. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2209. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |