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| Image number: | 2251 |
| Feature : | terracing |
| Grouping : | lakes, reservoirs, ponds and wells |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Rwezero |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Lake Muhazi |
| Physiographic region : | Interlacustrine belt |
| Notice : | Big portions of the steep slopes in the Byumba region are actually transformed in bench terraces (terrassement radical). Here the example along Lake Muhazi. Soil and water conservation. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2251. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |