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Image number: | 2518 |
Feature : | gully management |
Grouping : | land rehabilitation |
Discipline : | geomorphology |
Year : | 2009 |
Locality : | Lemba, Kinshasa |
Country : | D.R.Congo |
Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
Notice : | Gully head, stabilzed by accumulation of waste, containing plastics. From the soil mechanical point of view, this is a good correction of the situation. The waste has an important tensile strenght compared to the one of the Kalahari Sands. |
Reference : | Makanzu, Imwagana, Fils, 2009 Image 2518. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |