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| Image number: | 2476 |
| Feature : | gully in town |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Laloux, Kinshasa |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully of Laloux, sight in downstream direction. Visible active mass wasting indicates that the gully is still actively incising and threatening more habitation and buildings. Natural Hazard. Natural risk. The gully follows the trajectory of a former road. In the background, the Congo River Stanley-pool is visible. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2476. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |