Isiqhingi saseCrocodile


E- Kenya , ngaphakathi kwe-African Rift Valley, kunesidingo esingavamile, kodwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yi- lake Turkana . Ngokwesayizi wayo, itholakala endaweni yesine phakathi kwamachibi osawoti, ihlinzeka ngezilwandle zaseCaspian nase-Aral, kanye naselwandle lwase-Issyk-Kul.

Izakhamuzi zasendaweni ezisemadolobhaneni azungezile ngenjabulo enkulu imali encane isilungele ukuhlela uhambo, ngosizo ongabheka ngalo futhi ujwayelane nazo zonke izici zalendawo. Futhi-ke, akekho umhlahlandlela ongayinaki into ejabulisayo yemvelo njengeziqhingi ezintathu ezintaba-mlilo ezigeza amanzi eTurkana. Okukhulu kunabo bonke yi-Crocodile Island.

Okuningi mayelana nesiqhingi saseCrocodile Island

Kakade kusukela egameni ngokwayo, singaphetha ngokuthi sikhuluma ngezingwenya. Yebo, Isiqhingi saseCrocodile sinegama layo ngokuqondile ngenxa yenani elikhulu lalezi zilwane ezidlalayo ezihlala eduze naso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi siqhingi kuthiwa yiCentral, kanti kanye neNyakatho neSouth ingenye yeziqhingi ezidume kakhulu echibini, okulapha phakathi kwamanzi eTurkana, kuningi.

Isiqhingi saseCrocodile yisiqhingi se-volcanic. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-volcano esebenzayo, futhi izintambo zayo ziqukethe i-basalt ne-phonolith. Ngezinye izikhathi umsebenzi we-fumarolic ubonakala, futhi ngenhla ngaphezu kwe-crater ungabona amafu esulfure, angenayo ingozi ethile. Isakhiwo sesiqhingi sinjengokuthi ensimini yayo kukhona amachibi amancane amathathu ahlukene okulondolozwa usawoti: I-Crocodile Lake, iFlamingo Lake neTilapia Lake.

Ngendawo yalo Isiqhingi saseCrocodile sincane kakhulu - ngamamitha ayi-5 kuphela. km. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kobukhulu obunesizotha, nansi iCentral Park National Park, ehlongozwa njengeNdawo yeGugu leNhlangano ye-UNESCO futhi ingxenye yendawo evikelekile yaseLake Turkana. Izwe lesilwane lapha liyingqayizivele futhi licebile ngokuzikhethela. Phakathi kwezinyoni, ama-flaming ne-pelicans aziqiniseke ukuhlangana, futhi ezindaweni eziseduze naso ogwini ungathola izingxube ezinkulu zezingwenya ze-Nile. Isakhiwo sepaki siqukethe ama-craters nama-cones angu-12. Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi siqhingi sinama-lava, lapho ososayensi babhekisela esikhathini se-Holocene, futhi amachibi athile ezinhlobonhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-phyto- and zooplankton.

Isiqhingi saseCrocodile ngokwawo sibhekwa njengabantu abahlali, kodwa kuba abalandeli be-exotics kunezinketho ezintathu zokuhlala: i-Oasis Lodge, i-Allia Bay Guesthouse ne-Camp Lobolo Tented Camp. Noma kunjalo, ungalindeli lawa mahhotela ukuthi anikele ngezinsizakalo eziphezulu kanye nezinsiza eziningi.

Ungafika kanjani?

Indlela elula kakhulu yokuhlela indlela eya edolobheni laseLodwar eKenya . Kukhona isikhumulo sezindiza esincane lapha, ngakho ukufika ngezindiza akulula. Ukuwela amanzi eTurkana, kubalulekile ukuqasha isikebhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusuka eNairobi ukuhamba ngezindiza ezindiza e-Central Park National Park.