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| Image number: | 1144 |
| Feature : | rock shelter |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Shum Laka |
| Country : | Cameroon |
| Region - tribe : | Bamenda |
| Physiographic region : | Bamenda highlands |
| Notice : | notice The roof of the rock shelter is composed of hard rather unweathered welded tuff. The layers below are much more weathered. Exfiltration erosion. The Laka river forms a small waterfall. A small gallery forest protects the rock shelter entrance |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 1144. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |