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Image number: 2767
Feature : runoff
Grouping : runoff
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Butembo
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu Butembo
Physiographic region : Rift Butembo
Notice : Runoff in a town can be very severe and cause inundations and floods. They are dangerous because of the high speed of the current. On the 6th of october 2009, such a sheet flood, runoff flood affected the town of Butembo after an exceptional rain and caused a lot of material damage. Natural hazard. Natural risk.
Reference : Sahani Muhindo Walère,   2009    Image 2767.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"