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Image number: 2642
Feature : broken bridge
Grouping : soil conservation
Discipline : agriculture
Year : 2009
Locality : Butembo
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu
Physiographic region : Rift-Albertine
Notice : Increased river dynamics as a result of increasing runoff lead to the destruction of houses, buildings an bridges. In 2009, 5 big bridges were under repair in Butembo. Natural hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2642.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"