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| Image number: | 1237 |
| Feature : | stone pavement |
| Grouping : | slopes and slope deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2005 |
| Locality : | Sai Island |
| Country : | Sudan |
| Region - tribe : | Nile valley |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Sahara |
| Notice : | notice Stone pavements, desert pavements, stone mulches are rock fragments distributed over the soil. Several hypotheses explain their origin. In ceratin conditions in deserts, they might refer to past wet conditions. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2005 Image 1237. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |