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Image number: | 439 |
Feature : | checkdam |
Grouping : | soil conservation |
Discipline : | geomorphology |
Year : | 1998 |
Locality : | Hagere Selam |
Country : | Ethiopia |
Region - tribe : | Tigray |
Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
Notice : | Checkdams are constructed in gullies to initiate their silting up. |
Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1998 Image 439. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |