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| Image number: | 2115 |
| Feature : | river incision |
| Grouping : | river erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Ntahangwa |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Bujumbura |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
| Notice : | The Ntahangwa river comes from the rift shoulder and is characterized by increasing flooding, even flash floods, which lead to some vertical and more especially lateral erosion. By lateral migration, the river endangers the houses in this expansion zone of Bujumbura. Notice people in the valley. Bedload sands and gravels are exploited for construction material. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2115. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |