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Image number: 2213
Feature : inundation
Grouping : pluvial erosion
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2007
Locality : Gakabara
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Virunga
Physiographic region : rift Virunga
Notice : Abundant rains have provoked pluvial erosion on the hillsides. The eroded materials have been deposited in the depressions. schrinkage fissures, desiccation cracks, in the mud. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2007    Image 2213.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"