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Image number: 439
Feature : checkdam
Grouping : soil conservation
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 1998
Locality : Hagere Selam
Country : Ethiopia
Region - tribe : Tigray
Physiographic region : Abessinian highlands
Notice : Checkdams are constructed in gullies to initiate their silting up.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1998    Image 439.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"