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Image number: 1196
Feature : travertines
Grouping : spring
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2005
Locality : Songwe valley
Country : Tanzania
Region - tribe : Mbeya
Physiographic region : Rift-Rukwa
Notice : notice Songwe hot spring field: carbonate precipitations and colorful algae. Chemical deposits. The travertine deposits are visible far downslope
Reference : Delvaux de Fenffe, Damien,   2005    Image 1196.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"