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| Image number: | 2351 |
| Feature : | gullying |
| Grouping : | soil erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Lisala |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Lisala |
| Physiographic region : | Congo basin |
| Notice : | Gullying badly affects many urbanized areas and towns in Central Africa. The gullies develop after increase of the runoff coefficient as a result of the development of urban structures like roads, buildings and impermeable surfaces. Natural hazard, natural risk. |
| Reference : | Smets, Benoît, 2009 Image 2351. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |