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Image number: 3
Feature : checkdam
Grouping : soil conservation
Discipline : hydrogeology
Year : 2000
Locality : Enda Maryam
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : Checkdams are constructed to halt gullying
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2000    Image 3.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"