IVictoria Falls idume kulo lonke ihlabathi kwaye ihlala idonsa inani elikhulu lezokhenketho ezivela kwihlabathi lonke. Yona inkulu yamanzi eAfrika. Abahlali bakubiza ngokuba ngu "Mosi-oa-Tunja", oku kuthetha "ukuthuma komsi". UVictoria ungenye yezinto eziphambili kunye neengqungquthela zelizwekazi laseAfrika.
Intsimi yamanzi yamanxweme iyaxeshanye kumazwe amabini - iZambia kunye neZimbabwe. Ukuqonda apho iVictoria iwa khona, kufuneka ubone apho umda phakathi kwala mabini uxoka. Ikwahlula amazwe ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba lomlambo waseZambezi, edlula kwimpompo.
Imbali yegama leVictoria Falls
Igama layo linikezelwa kule nkomo yamanzi ngenguvulindlela wesiNgesi kunye nohambo lukaDavid Livingston. Wayengowokuqala umntu omhlophe, amehlo akhe ngo-1885 abe nombono ocacileyo malunga nempompo. Abahlali bendawo baqhuba umphandi kwiindawo eziphezulu zamanzi eAfrika. UDavid Livingston wayemangaliswe gqitha kwaye wayemangaliswa yimbono yokuba ngokukhawuleza wayibamba impompo ngozuko lweNdlovukazi yaseNgilandi.
IJografi yeVictoria Falls
Enyanisweni, iVictoria Falls ayiyona impompo ephezulu kwihlabathi. Iingxowa zokuhamba kwamanzi aphezulu ziya kwi- Angel Falls eVenezuela (979 m). Kodwa into yokuba udongxongo lwamanzi olwandisa umgama malunga neekhilomitha ezimashumi amabini lenza le nkomo yamanzi ibe ngumjelo oqhubekayo ngokubanzi kwihlabathi. Ukuphakama kweVictoria Falls phantse kabini ukuphakama kweNiagara Falls . Eli nani lihluka ukusuka kuma-80 ukuya kuma-108 emitha kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba. Ukuhlambalaza ngokukhawuleza kwamanzi amaninzi ewachithayo kwi-basin yemvelo eyenziwe yimpompo, kwaye bayakwazi ukunyuka ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo ye-400 m. Inkohlakalo abayidalayo kunye nokugquma kokukhawuleza ngokukhawuleza kubonakala kwaye kuveleleka kude kumgama wama-50 km.
UVictoria Falls useMlambo waseZambezi malunga nendawo ekhoyo yangoku. Amanzi amanzi ayaphula ehlanjeni kwindawo apho umlambo omkhulu uwela ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba elincinci lentaba, ububanzi balo buyi-120 m.
Ziyolise kwiVictoria Falls
Ngekwindla, xa ixesha lemvula lihlala, umgangatho wamanzi emlanjeni uyancitshiswa ngokucacileyo. Ngeli xesha, unokwenza uhambo oluthile kwindawo ethile. Ngalo lonke ixesha, impompo ibonisa umlambo onamandla ongapheli ovula imvula eyi-546 yezilitha zamanzi ngomzuzu.
Ixesha elomileyo liheha abantu abaninzi bezokhenketho kwiimpompo nangenxa yokuba ngeli xesha lonyaka ungazibhukuda kwi-pool yemvelo eyayibizwa ngokuba yiidemon. Kwaye akumangalisi, ngenxa yokuba "Imifanekiso kaMtyholi" eVictoria iyawa. Ekhulayo kuyo, unokubona indlela, kumgama wamamitha ambalwa ukusuka entabeni, ukuphuphuma kwamanzi emvula. Ukusuka kwimpompo, le ndawo encinci yamanzi yamitha ayishumi ihlukaniswe kuphela nge-jumper encinci. Nangona kunjalo, xa amanzi aseZambezi ahlala kwakhona, "Ubhapathizo lukaMtyholi" luvaliwe, kuba ukutyelelwa kwalo kungasongela ubomi bezokhenketho.
Kwakhona phakathi kwebalandeli kwimidlalo ephezulu kakhulu uhlobo oluthandwayo lokuzonwabisa "yi-bungee jumping". Le nto ayidluliyo ngaphandle kokugxuma kwintambo ngqo kwiindawo ezixhamlayo zeVictoria Falls e-Afrika. "I-Bungee jumping" iqhutyelwa kwibhuloho ephantsi kwendawo yamanzi. Ngomntu ofuna ukubeka ingozi, banxiba iintambo ezikhethekileyo ze-elastic kwaye bacetyise ukuba angena elasha. Emva kwendiza yokukhululeka, phantse kumanzi wamanzi, iintambo ziphuma kwaye ziza kupheka. Ukutyelela ngokungatyiki kufumana amaninzi amatsha angenakulinganiswa.
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