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Image number: 2739
Feature : gully prevention
Grouping : gully
Discipline : Environment
Year : 2009
Locality : Maman Mobutu district
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kinshasa
Physiographic region : Inter Nsele-Inkisi
Notice : The gully at Maman Mobutu district developed in 2008-9 regressively along a road, descending the hill. Sazd bags are used in an attempt to stabilize part of the gully head, nourished by a side lane. Natural Hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2739.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"