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| Image number: | 2518 |
| Feature : | gully management |
| Grouping : | land rehabilitation |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Lemba, Kinshasa |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully head, stabilzed by accumulation of waste, containing plastics. From the soil mechanical point of view, this is a good correction of the situation. The waste has an important tensile strenght compared to the one of the Kalahari Sands. |
| Reference : | Makanzu, Imwagana, Fils, 2009 Image 2518. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |