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| Image number: | 143 |
| Feature : | tea plantation |
| Grouping : | cash crops & industrial crops |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 1975 |
| Locality : | Kibati |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Cyangugu |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Albertine |
| Notice : | The start of a tea plantation often causes high soil erosion, because the original vegetation is taken away and because the young tea bushes are unable to adequately protect the soil. But with the development of the tea trees, the soil becomes stabilzed. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1975 Image 143. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |