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| Image number: | 2223 |
| Feature : | inundation |
| Grouping : | pluvial erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Bigogwe |
| 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 to form an alluvial fan in the embayment of the Muzinga river. The inundation in a closed depression after 3 weeks. 800 houses have been destroyed. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2223. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |