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Image number: 2581
Feature : spring amphitheatre
Grouping : gully
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Kindele, UNIKIN
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kinshasa
Physiographic region : Inter Nsele-Inkisi
Notice : Spring alcove, the steep slope protected by forest. Nevertheless, even forested slopes often are affected by gullying. This is the southern extension zone of Kinshasa town. The landscape is studded with new small houses and new house plateaus are in preparation.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2581.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"