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| Image number: | 2458 |
| Feature : | tension crack |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Maman Mobutu district |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully at the Maman Mobutu district swallowed since 2004 more than fifty houses. Natural hazard, natural risk. Fresh soil cracks develop on the oversteepened gully walls. They announce further soil slips. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2458. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |