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Image number: 2585
Feature : gully in town
Grouping : gully
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Makaya/Kindele Paroisse Saint-Pierre Claver
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kinshasa
Physiographic region : Inter Nsele-Inkisi
Notice : Gully erosion. Although the gully head is protected in a very primitive way by sheets,tires and sand bags, downstream of the head the gully is very active. The flat bottom is not a sign of stability. Natural Hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2585.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"