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| Image number: | 1088 |
| Feature : | rock shelter |
| Grouping : | caves |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2005 |
| Locality : | Lalibela |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Welo |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | notice Rock shelters generally develop as a result of the combination of river, slope and spring erosion, whereby a more resistent layer, in this case a welded tuff, forms the 'roof' |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2005 Image 1088. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |