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| Image number: | 2175 |
| 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. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2175. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |