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| Image number: | 2563 |
| Feature : | gully management |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2003 |
| Locality : | Kisenso |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Village of Kinsenso. Gully management. Sand bags are used to built dams, checkdams and to stabilize gully walls. The checkdams transformed the gully bootom into a nice road. Gully management is vital in Kinshasa. Natural risk. Natural hazard. |
| Reference : | Trefois, Philippe, 2003 Image 2563. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |