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| Image number: | 1651 |
| Feature : | structural relief |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | Amba Raeset |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tembien |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | The highest level in the landscape is formed by plateau basalts. Thelower level with the fresh cliff corresponds to Amba Aradam Sandstone. The amphitheatre-like heads result from rotational slumpings, downslope prolonged in flows. Mass movements. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2006 Image 1651. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |