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Slide 4: Beans and bananas growing on fairly recent volcanic lava flows in Ruhengeri Prefecture, Rwanda. Note the pyroclastic rocks, including volcanic bombs, that have been clumped together to facilitate access to the rich lava soil. 

Credit: Courtesy Robert E. Ford, Westminster College of Salt Lake City.
 

Created 12 February 1998. Last updated 30 April 1998  by JDH.