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| Image number: | 2760 |
| Feature : | flood |
| Grouping : | river dynamics |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2010 |
| Locality : | pont Rwanguba sur la rivière Rutshuru |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Rutshuru |
| Physiographic region : | Rift Kivu |
| Notice : | The Rutshuru river is normally 7 m wide, the lenght of the bridge Rwanguba. As a result of two weeks of intense rains, the river channal was widening in February 2010 and the bridge will become in danger. As a result of increasing runoff, rivers show increasing floods and erode their bed. Natural hazard. Natural risk. |
| Reference : | BADRIYO Agama Innocent, 2010 Image 2760. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |