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| Image number: | 1684 |
| Feature : | alluvial fan |
| Grouping : | river deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2006 |
| Locality : | Danakil plain |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Afar-Qafar |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Ethiopian |
| Notice : | Huge alluvial cones cover the red weathered Tertiary substrate where the Asa Ali Ridge ends and the Danakil plain starts. The cone is incised by the wadi: river erosion. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2006 Image 1684. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |