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| Image number: | 2447 |
| Feature : | gully prevention |
| Grouping : | gully |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Maman Mobutu district |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
| Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
| Notice : | Gully at the Maman Mobutu district swallowed since 2004 more than fifty houses. The picture shows the gully head. Natural hazard, natural risk. The giant step-like runoff drain, built to prevent gullying did not function. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2447. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |