I-Victoria Falls idume emhlabeni wonke futhi iheha njalo isibalo esikhulu sezivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Yona imvula enkulu kakhulu e-Afrika. Abantu bendawo bayibiza ngokuthi "Mosi-oa-Tunja", okusho ukuthi "Ukuthuma umusi". UVictoria ungenye yezinto eziphawulekayo futhi eziyingqayizivele zezwekazi lase-Afrika.
Insimu ye-waterfall ingokwesinye isikhathi emazweni amabili - iZambia neZimbabwe. Ukuze uqonde ukuthi iVictoria iwaphi, udinga ukubona ukuthi umngcele phakathi kwalaba ababili uthini amanga. Ihlukanisa amazwe ngokuqondile esiteshini somfula iZambezi, edabula emanzini.
Umlando wegama leVictoria Falls
Igama layo lalinikezwa kule mpungamanzi ngamaphayona aseNgilandi nomhambi uDavid Livingston. Wayenguye umhlophe wokuqala, omehlo akhe ngo-1885 wabonisa umbono ozwakalayo we-waterfall. Izakhamuzi zendawo zaqhuba umcwaningi emanzini aphezulu e-Afrika. UDavid Livingston wamangala kakhulu futhi wamangala ngombono wokuthi ngokushesha wabiza amanzi ehlonishwa yiNdlovukazi yaseNgilandi.
I-Geography yamaVictoria Falls
Eqinisweni, iVictoria Falls akuyona imvula enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Imifucumfucu yokugeleza kwamanzi ephakeme yafika ku- Angel Falls eVenezuela (979 m). Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi udonga lwamanzi ludlulisela ibanga lamakhilomitha angaba ngu-2 kwenza lo mgwaqo ube ngumsakazo oqhubekayo emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuphakama kweVictoria Falls cishe kabili ukuphakama kweNigofa Falls . Lesi sibalo sihluka kusuka kumamitha angu-80 ukuya kwangu-108 kumaphuzu ahlukene okugeleza. Phuma emanzini amaningi okuwa ngokushesha ehlakazeka emanzini, futhi akwazi ukukhuphukela endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angu-400. Ubunzima abawenzayo nokuduma kokushesha okubonakalayo kubonakala futhi bezwakala ngisho nasekude kwamakhilomitha angu-50.
UVictoria Falls useMfula iZambezi cishe phakathi nendawo okwamanje. I-avalanche yamanzi isuka emkhunjini endaweni lapho umfula omkhulu uwela ngokujulile emgodini ongenqamule wezintaba, ububanzi bawo buyi-120 m.
Zijabulise eVictoria Falls
Ekwindla, ngenkathi imvula idlula, izinga lamanzi emfuleni liyancipha. Ngalesi sikhathi, ungathatha izinyawo endaweni ethile yamanzi. Ngaso sonke isikhathi, i-waterfall imelela umfudlana onamandla ongapheli ovula amanzi angu-546 amalitha amanzi ngomzuzu.
Isikhathi esomile sikhangisa izakhamuzi eziningi emanzini futhi ngoba phakathi nale nkathi yonyaka ungakwazi ukugebha echibini lemvelo eliyingqayizivele, elibizwa ngokuthi i-devilish. Futhi lokhu akumangazi, ngoba "Ifonti likaDeveli" eVictoria iyawa ngasemaphethelweni. Njengoba igcwele kuwo, ungabona indlela, ekude kwamamitha ambalwa nje ukusuka entabeni, ukuqhuma kwamanzi amanzi aphuzayo. Kusuka emanzini, leli damu elincane lamamitha ayishumi lihlukaniswe kuphela nge-jumper encane. Kodwa-ke, lapho amanzi aseZambezi ehlala futhi, "Ubhapathizo lukaDeveli" luvaliwe, ngoba ukuvakashelwa kwalo kungase kusongele ukuphila kwabavakashi.
Futhi phakathi kwabalandeli bemidlalo eqondile uhlobo oluthandwayo lokuzijabulisa luyi "bungee jumping". Lokhu akugcini nje ukugxuma ngentambo ngqo emanzini afaka amanzi eVictoria Falls e-Afrika. "I-Bungee jumping" yenziwa ibhuloho eliseduze nendawo yamanzi. Ngomuntu ofuna ukubeka engozini, agqoka izintambo ezikhethekile zokugxila futhi anikeze ukuthi abuyele kwalasha. Ngemva kwezindiza mahhala, cishe emanzini, izintambo ziphuma futhi ngokushesha zime. Isivakashi esingenabuthakathaka sithola izinzwa eziningi ezintsha nezingenakuqhathaniswa.
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