- Indawo: Southern Main Rd, eningizimu-ntshonalanga yesiqhingi saseTrinidad, eduze nomuzi waseLa Brea;
- Isikhathi sokuvakasha esikhakanyisiwe : 09.00-17.00;
- Izinyathelo zokuphepha: akunqatshelwe ukubhema eduze kwechibi
Esiqhingini saseTrinidad yiLake Peach Lake, okuyinto engumthombo omkhulu wendume yemvelo.
Igama elithakazelisayo
Ngenguqulo yokuqala evela esiNgisi, igama leLwandle Peach Lake - Pitch Lake lisho i-bitumen lake. Kwezinye izimo libizwa ngokuthi i-asphalt echibini iPheach Lake.
Uphi iLake Peach Lake?
I-bitumen lake itholakala esiqhingini saseTrinidad eningizimu-ntshonalanga yayo. Eduze echibini elidumile yi-La Brea.
Ichibi Peach Lake ebalazweni libukeka lincane, ngoba indawo yalo liyihektha elingama-40 kuphela, kodwa izifundo zibonise ukuthi ukujula okuphakathi kwechibi kungamamitha angama-80, okuyinto eningi kumzimba wamanzi.
Umlando wamaNdiya ngeLwandle Peach Lake
Abantu bomdabu batshela inganekwane, ngokusho ukuthi yiminyaka eminengi edlule, amaNdiya wesizwe samaChima ahlala endaweni yesikebhe. Ngelinye ilanga, ngemva kokunqoba okukhulu isizwe sesitha, kwakukhona idili, lapho amaNdiya ajabulayo apheka futhi adla inqwaba yezinyoni ezingcwele ze-Trinidad ezimibalabala.
Ngokusho izinkolelo zamaNdiya, ama-hummingbirds abizwa njengemimoya yabokhokho ngenxa yesisindo sabo nesayizi. Futhi ekujezisweni, onkulunkulu abesabekayo eziqalekisweni baqhekeza phansi futhi babangela umfudlana we-tar owawuhlanganisa wonke umzana nabakhileyo kuwo.
Yiqiniso, namuhla le nkulumo idala ukumomotheka, ngoba i-hummingbird esiqhingini iqhuma izinqwaba.
Umlando weLake Peach Lake
Umbulali wolwandle lwe-asphalt kusukela e-Old World wayengumnikazi wezilwandle uWalter Raleigh. Wabona ukuthi amaNdiya angena kanjani emkhunjini wawo, futhi waqala ukusebenzisa i-bitumen yeLake Peach Lake ngenxa yokusebenza kwemishini yemikhumbi yabo.
Izazi ze-geologists zikholelwa ukuthi ukwakheka kwechibi kwakungenxa yephutha elijulile lokugcoba komhlaba nokucwiliswa okuyingxenye yekhefu elilodwa ngaphansi kwepulangwe laseCaribbean ema-Antilles, ikakhulukazi eBarbados. Nakuba ukuhlolwa okugcwele kwechibi kwakungenziwa, kukholelwa ukuthi ngezansi itholakala kancane kancane ngamafutha eceleni komngcele wephutha. Ngemuva kwalokho, izingxenye ezikhanyayo ziyaqhuma ngesikhathi, futhi izingxenyana ezinzima nezokuvunguza zihlala.
Phakathi ne-XIX itholakala ukuthi i-Peach Lake ye-bitumen ingasetshenziselwa ukwakhiwa nemigwaqo. Umgwaqo wokuqala, ogcwele i-asphalt yemvelo, kwakuyiPennsylvania Avenue eWashington. Futhi kamuva bahlanganiswa ngendlela eholela eBuckingham Palace eLondon. Futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi indaba isetshenziselwa ukwakhiwa kwamabhuloho nemigwaqo emikhulu, kuyamangalisa ukuthi i-viscous ne-homogeneous, ayincibiliki ekushiseni kwama-degree angu-40 futhi ayifuni ku-frost 25 degree. I-asphalt yemvelo imelana nemithwalo enzima, imigwaqo eminingi kangaka emhlabeni isenziwa kuyo.
Iyini iLake Peach Lake edumile?
I-bitumen echibi eTrinidad ibhekwa njengelondolozi elikhulu kakhulu lwe-asphalt yemvelo. Ngokufanayo "ama-reservoir" atholakale kamuva eCalifornia, Venezuela, eTurkmenistan nakwezinye izindawo.
Ubuso bechibi luhamba ngamafutha futhi lubuhlungu, ekujuleni kwalo kukhona ukunyakaza okuqhubekayo kanye nezinqubo zamakhemikhali. Impahla ethandekayo kakhulu yamithombo yamabhamini yikhono lokubamba nokubuyisela izinto, ngisho nangemva kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka.
KuLwandle LwasePaki Peach, kunezinto ezithokozile ezitholakale: ingxenye yamathambo we-giant sloth efa kulezi zindawo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-6 000 eyedlule, izinyo ze-mastoni, ezinye zezizwe zaseNdiya. Ukuthola okuthakazelisayo kunazo zonke kuyisihlahla esidala kunazo zonke, esasiqala ngo-1928. Ngaphambi kokuba iphinde iphinde ibe se-bitumini, sakwazi ukuyenza phansi, futhi kwakunqunywa ukuthi lesi sihlahla sasineminyaka engaba ngu-4 000 ubudala.
I-Peach Lake namuhla
Ngisho nanamuhla, bambalwa kakhulu abantu abazi ukuthi kunezibi eTrididad ezakhiwa ngamafutha. Namuhla, izimayini ze-asphalt esebenzayo zenzeka eLwandle Peach Lake, izinhlamvu ezingamakhulu ezinkulungwane zamathani zikhishwa kuyo njalo ngonyaka. Amagugu echibi alinganiselwa kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-6, futhi njengoba kubhekwe njengezivuselela, i-bitumen izohlala okungenani eminye iminyaka engama-400. Cishe yonke i-asphalt ekhishwe ithunyelwa ngaphandle.
Ngaphandle kokubaluleka kwezimboni, leli chibi liyisimangaliso sendawo, abantu abangaba ngu-20 000 beza lapha ngonyaka.
Amafutha omuhle
Ngokuthakazelisayo, kodwa emaphethweni echibi emva kwemvula okwesikhathi eside amanzi ibonakala, ukudlala amafilimu amafutha ngombani okhanyayo. Kuneziqhingi eziningana nezitshalo kulo. Emanzini angasogwini angadlula futhi iloli, kodwa uma liyeka, khona-ke liqala ukucwilisa. Ukuthungwa ngalunye emva kokukhipha cishe kulinganiswa phakathi nesonto, kancane kancane kwehla futhi kwanyamalala ngaphandle kokulandelela. Ngakho-ke, ungakhathaleli izinqubo zomzimba futhi uhambe kude nogwini, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezintsha.
Futhi ukubhukuda emzimbeni wamanzi we-rain accumulated akuphephile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngokuvamile, isikebhe sePeach-Lake, futhi, ngeke sihanjiswe.
Ungafika kanjani echibini?
Ama-opharetha ohambo oluvumelekile wendawo aqhuba ukuvakasha okuhleliwe ku-jeeps echibini nasemuva. Amahora avunyelwe ukuvakashela i-Peach Lake kusukela ngo-9 ekuseni ukuya ku-17: 00, eduze kwechibi akuvunyelwe ukubhema ngenxa yokuqukethwe okuphezulu kwesulfure emoyeni nasemethane. Udinga ukunakekelwa izicathulo ezikhululekile futhi uhambisane nomhlahlandlela, uzokuqondisa endleleni yokuhamba ngezindawo ezithakazelisayo kakhulu.
Eduzane nechibi kukhona isikhungo solwazi, lapha ungathenga izincwajana mayelana ne-bitumen echibi kanye nemikhumbuzo yenkumbulo noma uthathe umhlahlandlela uma ufuna ukuhamba ngokwakho.
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