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| Image number: | 2536 |
| Feature : | landslide |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Nkingo, Selembao |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Landslide in a spring amphitheatre of the Bumbu river took place on the 10th of May 2009, has destructed some 70 houses, killed 3 persons. Natural hazard. Natural risk. In the amphitheatre bottom, an exfiltration surge has taken place, causing undercutting of the slope. Sight towards the amphitheatre bottom with traces of strong resugence and localized soil stripping at the base of the steep slope. Huge sediment production! |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2536. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |