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| Image number: | 1745 |
| Feature : | alluvial fan |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | Danakil |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Afar-Qafar |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Ethiopian |
| Notice : | Coalescing alluvial fans invade the Danakil from the rift shoulder. Alluvial fan, having laterally scoured off Tertiary or quaternary volcanic deposits. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2006 Image 1745. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |