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Image number: | 2448 |
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 is taken from the gully head in downslope direction. Natural hazard, natural risk. The giant step-like runoff drain, built to prevent gullying did not function. |
Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2448. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |