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| Image number: | 2073 |
| Feature : | landslide scar |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | RN 7, Kanyosha |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Bujumbura |
| Physiographic region : | Mugamba Tanganyika rift shoulder |
| Notice : | The Tanganyika rift shoulder SE of Bujumbura is characterized by actively vertically incising rivers. They provoke active mass movements. Road construction in active landslide areas has to be avoided or very carefully prepared. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2073. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |