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| Image number: | 717 |
| Feature : | tabular relief |
| Grouping : | tectonics |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 2002 |
| Locality : | Amba Raeset |
| Country : | Ethiopia |
| Region - tribe : | Tigray |
| Physiographic region : | Abessinian highlands |
| Notice : | The hard layer on top of the mountain is Amba Aradam sandstone. The valley in the center corresponds to a fault along the left and right half of the hill have been vertically displaced. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2002 Image 717. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |