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Image number: 2560
Feature : checkdam
Grouping : gully
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2003
Locality : Kisenso
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kinshasa
Physiographic region : Inter Nsele-Inkisi
Notice : Village of Kinsenso. Gully management. Checkdams of zand bags are built in the gully bottom. Gully management is vital in Kinshasa. Natural risk. Natural hzazrd.
Reference : Trefois, Philippe,   2003    Image 2560.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"