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| Image number: | 2160 |
| Feature : | landslide scar |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Nyakibenda |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Rusizi - Mirwa Chain |
| Physiographic region : | Rift shoulder Rusizi |
| Notice : | Steep slopes under culture. Important gullying and landsliding occurs. Remnants of mountain forest on hill crests. Deforested slopes, especially when they are steep like here, are prone to accelerated erosion. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2160. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |