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Image number: 2198
Feature : gully
Grouping : towns and environment
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2007
Locality : Kigali - Nyagatovu
Country : Rwanda
Region - tribe : Plateau central
Physiographic region : Interlacustrine belt
Notice : At the occasion of exceptional rains, gullies develop in the town and threat the houses, roads and other constructions. Concentration of surface drainage in gutters along roads can contribute to very high runoff discharges.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2007    Image 2198.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"