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Image number: | 2131 |
Feature : | landslide |
Grouping : | mass movements |
Discipline : | geomorphology |
Year : | 2007 |
Locality : | Mulongwe - Kalimabenge |
Country : | D.R.Congo |
Region - tribe : | Uvira |
Physiographic region : | Rift-Tanganyika |
Notice : | The Mitumba Range between Mulongwe and Kalimabenge is affected by huge active landsliding. On the hillside in the middle, recent scars of a huge soilslip are visible. On the right hill, the township of Uvira is expanding. |
Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2131. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |