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| Image number: | 2090 |
| Feature : | city expansion |
| Grouping : | river erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Nyakivumba, Bujumbura |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Bujumbura |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | The agglomaration of the city of Bujumbura expands into the highlands to the East of the town. Houses are often constructed before road and drainage or other infrastructure like electricity is provided. During that stage the expansion belt is heavily affected by all kinds of erosion. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2090. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |