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Image number: 2635
Feature : valley
Grouping : river erosion
Discipline : hydrogeology
Year : 2009
Locality : Butembo
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu
Physiographic region : Rift-Albertine
Notice : As a result of increasing river floods, the rivers start to establish a channel in ther former channelless valley. Channels are wideing and deepening what constitutes dangers, especially in towns. Natural hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   2009    Image 2635.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"