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| Image number: | 392 |
| Feature : | batholith depression |
| Grouping : | differential erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1975 |
| Locality : | Akagera valley |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Mutara |
| Physiographic region : | Interlacustrine belt |
| Notice : | The batholith (granitic) outcrop forms low relief, compared to the Byumba plateau on quartzitic rocks. The escarpment (cliff) visible in the background |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1975 Image 392. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |