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| Image number: | 2174 |
| Feature : | landslide scar |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Rusenda |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Kibira chain |
| Physiographic region : | Rift shoulder Rusizi |
| Notice : | These landslides are artificial ones. They have been created by the collapse of a gully wall created by water, deviated from upstream by gold seekers. Exploration for gold alimentates the rivers with big amounts of mud and suspension material. The scar affects the side of a huge landslide lobe. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2174. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |