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Image number: 807
Feature : checkdam
Grouping : soil and water conservation
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2004
Locality : Dingilet
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : Check dams are used to stabilize active gullies. Gully erosion.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2004    Image 807.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"