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| Image number: | 2673 |
| Feature : | tufa |
| Grouping : | rocks |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Katana cimenterie |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kivu, Bukavu |
| Physiographic region : | Rift - Bukavu |
| Notice : | Deposits of calcareous tufa, in thin layers, fossil tufa dam. Karst. Is reworked today with solution and redeposition of secundary limestone. Hot water spring. Geyser. Travertine. |
| Reference : | Kalegamire, Tity,, 2009 Image 2673. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |