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DONGA
A southern African term for a small, narrow, steep-sided gully, subject to turbulent water flow or a badland area subject to severe gully erosion. It is usually dry except in the rainy season. Dongas are common in areas of colluvium and erodible deeply weathered bedrock where the mean annual rainfall is 600–800 mm. They are sometimes discontinuous features ...
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