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Image number: 493
Feature : tufa
Grouping : karst, caves, chemical deposits
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 1999
Locality : Roaxa
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : Tufa plug formed at waterfall along affluent of the Roaxa river. Tufa do not develop anymore. River incises the chemical deposits which are in a state of weathering
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1999    Image 493.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"