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Image number: 2702
Feature : mountain forest
Grouping : forests and trees
Discipline : botany
Year : 2009
Locality : Nyungwe
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Cong-Nile divide
Physiographic region : Rift Kivu
Notice : The Nyungwe mountain forest occupies the steep slopes of the Congo-Nile divide. The forest is closed and perfectly protects the slopes against gully erosion or mass wasting. These processes are only active along the roads which open the region. The forest of the Nyungwe is also a touristic attraction.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2702.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"