Emhlabeni wethu kukhona izinkulungwane zamachibi amakhulu nezincane. Abaningi babo bangenamagama, kanti abanye badume ngezimfanelo zabo ezingavamile. Ubani ongakazwanga ngechibi elijulile futhi elihlanzekile emhlabeni? Yiqiniso, leli yiBaikal, elise-Altai. Noma echibini uLoch Ness eScotland, elibhekwa yimfihlakalo, okuthiwa i-monster itholakele.
Okungaziwa kangako ngamachibi anemibala engavamile yamanzi - iLake Kelimutu, iLake Medusa, i-Chernilnoe, i-Asphalt, uLwandle lwe-Glory Morning ne- Rose Lake e-Australia . Zonke zazo zihlobene nokuhlukunyezwa kwemvelo futhi zingaphansi kokunakekelwa kososayensi - i-limnologists, i-hydrologists.
Imithetho yeLwandle Lokufa
Abaningi abantu abazi ngokuhlala kwechibi elifile esiqhingini saseSicily - Ichibi Lokufa. Uma umuntu ezwa igama elifanayo, akubangeli izinhlangano ezihle kakhulu, hhayi ngeze. Phela, leli chibi ligcwele ingubo embi futhi lifihle ekujuleni kwalo izimfihlo zamacala angaziwa
Njengoba uyazi, iSicily yayiyi-"hotbed" yamaqembu aseMafia, futhi izisulu eziningi ezingenakunyakazeka zeMafiosi eSicilian zaphela ukuhlala lapha emhlabeni - emanzini echibi lase-asidi eSicily. Kunoma yikuphi, lokhu kungumlando weLwandle Lokufa, futhi igcinwa yilabantu bendawo ukuthuthukisa umbala. Futhi ukukholwa kuyo noma cha - kungumuntu siqu.
Ichibi lalifanelwe igama layo, hhayi ngenxa yokuthi, ngokubulawa kwabantu abaningi, kodwa ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwayo. Ngaphambi kohambo lokuqala lwesayensi oluthunyelwa echibini, akekho owazi ukuthi kungani isikhala sasizungeze futhi amanzi echibi ayingozi kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo ezawela kuwo.
Emva kwakho konke, konke okufika echibini kuyafa emaminithini ambalwa. Emanzini, amamitha ayishumi nambili ukusuka emanzini awakwazi ukubona ngisho nesibonakaliso esincane kakhulu semifino. Kungani lokhu kwenzeka? Uhlobo olunjani lwamakhemikhali angaziwa olwenza lubulawe?
Kungani iChibi Lokufa libulala?
Sibonga ososayensi abaningana abazama ngokuphindaphindiwe, engozini yokuphila kwabo, ukuthi baveze imfihlo yelwandle elifile, kungenzeka ukuthi bafunde ukuthi isizathu sokungabikho kokuphila lapha yi-sulfuric acid. Liqukethwe emanzini echibini ngemali eningi kangangokuthi ngisho nezinsizakalo ezincane kakhulu, eziqhubeka ziphila ezimweni ezihlukahlukene ezimbi, zibulawa ngokushesha. Kwakungenzeka ukubeka ukuthi i-sulfuric acid ingena echibini emithonjeni emibili engaphansi komhlaba.
Ichibi lesulfure eSicily yiLwandle eliyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni. ngoba hhayi nje amanzi ayenobuthi lapha, kepha umoya ngokwawo ugcwele ukuphuma kwamanzi e-acid. Naphezu kwalesi echibi le-sulfuric acid eSicily, futhi liheha abantu abavakashelayo-izishoshovu ezivela kuzo zonke izingxenye zomhlaba.
Isimo esinjalo esiyingqayizivele semvelo siyingqayizivele eplanethi yethu. Ichibi liyamane lijabule ngobuhle balo obungavamile, inhlanganisela ekhanyayo yemibala. Ehlobo, ezinyangeni ezinomile echibini liyoma, kodwa ebusika singakujabulela ngokugcwele. Inhlanganisela engavamile yemibala ngeke ishiye noma ubani ongenandaba. Kunzima ukuqhathanisa into ebuhle nasengozini echibini lokufa.
Ngenxa yengozi yokuxhumana nemiphunga embi, izitebhisi ezikhethekile zamapulangwe ezinezicingo zakhiwa izivakashi. Nakuba kungekho muntu onolukuluku, ekwazi ngezingozi ezisezindaweni ezizungezile, uzozifaka engozini yokuphula imithetho futhi eze eduze nobuhle obuhle kodwa obunobuthi.
Isibi sulfure sinendawo enkulu. Itholakala esifundazweni okuthiwa iCatania, esiqhingini saseSicily futhi ibizwa ngokuthi uLago Naftia di Catania.
Abaningi abaphikisanayo bathi iningi lelwazi mayelana nelwandle lokufa liyiqiniso, elingenalo lutho ngeqiniso, kodwa ungathola kuphela ngokuyivakashela wena.