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Image number: | 1487 |
Feature : | lake |
Grouping : | lakes, reservoirs, ponds and wells |
Discipline : | geomorphology |
Year : | 1996 |
Locality : | Yamé river at Ounjougou |
Country : | Mali |
Region - tribe : | Bandiagara - Dogon |
Physiographic region : | W-African Savanna belt |
Notice : | The Yamé river is intermttent. During the dry season small lakes survive behind Bandiagara sandstone banks which acts as dams. |
Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 1487. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |