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| Image number: | 2096 |
| Feature : | paved road |
| Grouping : | towns and environment |
| Discipline : | Environment |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Nyakivumba, Bujumbura |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Bujumbura |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | The town of Bujumbura expands along the Nyakivumba valley. In this area a nice road infrastructure is in place. The paved road allows a certain infiltration of water so that runoff is hampered. Notic also the drainage ditch along the road. Extension zones of towns are generally subjected to high runoff production and inundations and gully erosion. Notice also the electricity infrastructure. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2096. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |