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| Image number: | 2214 |
| Feature : | inundation |
| Grouping : | pluvial erosion |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2007 |
| Locality : | Gakabara |
| Country : | Rwanda |
| Region - tribe : | Virunga |
| Physiographic region : | rift Virunga |
| Notice : | Abundant rains have provoked pluvial erosion on the hillsides. The eroded materials have been deposited in the depressions. schrinkage fissures, desiccation cracks, in the mud. Off-site effect of erosion on hillslopes. Flood. Natural hazard. Natural risk |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2007 Image 2214. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |