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| Image number: | 2153 |
| Feature : | soil slippage |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | civil engineering |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Mabayi |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Kibira chain |
| Physiographic region : | Rift shoulder Rusizi |
| Notice : | The basement comples shows deep pockets of whitish kaoline weathering. These pockets are very prone to mass movements. Road construction was the reason for this slope instabilities. Protection works with stone walls and gabions. Soil conservation. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2153. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |