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| Image number: | 2161 |
| Feature : | deforested area |
| Grouping : | cash crops & industrial crops |
| Discipline : | agriculture |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Nyakibenda |
| Country : | Burundi |
| Region - tribe : | Rusizi - Mirwa Chain |
| Physiographic region : | Rift shoulder Rusizi |
| Notice : | Tea plantation and pineapple field. They constitute a good soil protection against water erosion in this recently deforested area. Bush fires, on the contrary, enhance erosion. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2161. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |