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Image number: 1601
Feature : badland development
Grouping : cattle, fish & domesticated animals
Discipline : economy, welfare and health
Year : 1997
Locality : Yamé river at Ounjougou
Country : Mali
Region - tribe : Bandiagara Plateau
Physiographic region : W-African Savanna belt
Notice : Badland formation by regressive erosion starting from the river side. Note the presence of the ancient river deposits, a fluvial terrace.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1997    Image 1601.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"