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Image number: 2640
Feature : broken bridge
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Butembo
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu
Physiographic region : Rift-Albertine
Notice : Actual river dynamics affect often bridges. In the foreground it is illustrated how rivers are widening by slumping. Bridges are affected in this way. Natural hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2640.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"