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| Image number: | 439 |
| Feature : | checkdam |
| Grouping : | soil conservation |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1998 |
| Locality : | Hagere Selam |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tigray |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | Checkdams are constructed in gullies to initiate their silting up. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1998 Image 439. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |