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| Image number: | 2349 |
| Feature : | bulging |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Lisala |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Lisala |
| Physiographic region : | Congo basin |
| Notice : | Bulging of the soil as a result of deep seated creep/slow landsliding can destruct buildings and economic infrastructure as roads, power lines... Natural hazard, natural risk. This case illustrates the toe of a landslide lobe approaching and destructing the road |
| Reference : | Smets, Benoît, 2009 Image 2349. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |