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| Image number: | 2755 |
| Feature : | soil slippage and rockfall |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2010 |
| Locality : | Rwanguba |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Rutshuru |
| Physiographic region : | Rift Kivu |
| Notice : | During the heaviest rains of the rainy season, slopes steeper than 25° constantly undergo mass wasting. The slide plaines are often gullied (gully) afterwards as a result of runoff. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | BADRIYO Agama Innocent, 2010 Image 2755. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |