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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" |