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| Image number: | 2758 |
| Feature : | secondary mountain forest |
| Grouping : | forests and trees |
| Discipline : | botany |
| Year : | 2010 |
| Locality : | Rwanguba |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Rutshuru |
| Physiographic region : | Rift Kivu |
| Notice : | Even secondary forest can stabilize a steep slope of 45°. The stabilizing effect stems from the high annihilation of runoff. Natural risk. Natural hazard. Openings in the vegetation cover provoke high runoff and risk on soil slippage, rockfall, gullying. |
| Reference : | BADRIYO Agama Innocent, 2010 Image 2758. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |