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Image number: | 2461 |
Feature : | stabilized gully |
Grouping : | gully |
Discipline : | geomorphology |
Year : | 2009 |
Locality : | Maman Mobutu district |
Country : | D.R.Congo |
Region - tribe : | Kinshasa |
Physiographic region : | Inter Nsele-Inkisi |
Notice : | A stabilized gully extends parallel to the active gully at the Maman Mobutu district. Runoff from the surface drained towards the gully head has been deviated. Runoff from the gully alone seems unable to maintain gully development. Stabilzed gullies are often occupied by a closed arbust and shrub vegetation |
Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2009 Image 2461. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |