Babban Kogin Kei
| Babban Kogin Kei | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Tsawo | 520 km |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 32°40′44″S 28°23′09″E / 32.67875°S 28.38583°E |
| Kasa | Afirka ta kudu |
| Territory |
Eastern Cape (en)  |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Tributary (en) | |
| Watershed area (en) | 20,566 km² |
| River mouth (en) | Tekun Indiya |
Katin Kei mai girma wani kogi ne a lardin Gabashin Cape na Afirka ta Kudu . An kafa shi ne ta hanyar haɗuwa da Kogin Black Kei da Kogin White Kei, arewa maso gabashin Cathcart. Yana gudana na kilomita 320 kilometres (199 mi) (199 kuma ya ƙare a cikin Babban Kei Estuary a Tekun Indiya tare da ƙaramin garin Kei Mouth a bakin yamma. A tarihi Babban Kogin Kei ya kuma kafa iyakar kudu maso yammacin yankin Transkei kamar yadda aka fi sani da Kogin Nciba.
Hanyar da ake ciki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Kogin Kei mai girma wani kogi ne mai kewayawa kuma an kafa shi ne ta hanyar haɗuwa da Kogin Black Kei da Kogin White Kei a cikin Garin Enoch Mgijima, arewa maso gabashin Cathcart da kudu maso gabashin Queenstown. Kogin Great Kei yana gudana daga mahaɗar kogin Black da White Kei na kimanin kilomita 225 (mil 140) zuwa kudu maso gabas tare da hanyoyin da ke juyawa zuwa Tekun Indiya. Ya ƙare a babban bakin teku na Kei ta Kei Mouth, wani gari mai shakatawa na bakin teku. Tsomo ne mafi tsawo a arewa. Sunan ya samo asali ne tun daga shekara ta 1752 kuma ya dogara ne akan kalmar Khoisan don kogin da ke nufin 'yashi'.
Babban Kei a baya ya kafa iyakar kudu maso yammacin yankin Transkei wanda za'a iya isa ta hanyar 'Pont', ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa guda biyu kawai a Afirka ta Kudu.[1] A halin yanzu gadar tana aiki kuma ana jigilar masu motoci akai-akai daga bankin kudu maso yamma zuwa bankin arewa maso gabas zuwa Wild Coast.
Yanayi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kogin daga kogin Great Kei zuwa kudancin Mozambique an rarraba su a matsayin masu zafi. Waɗannan tsarin suna da ruwa mai dumi sama da digiri 16 na Celsius. Yanayin yana da dumi kuma yana da zafi kusan shekara-shekara a sakamakon haka. Mafi ƙarancin yanayin hunturu ya kasance daga digiri 12 - 14 na Celsius kuma yankin yana samun ruwan sama a duk shekara.
Muhalli
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sassan cikin gida na Babban Kogin Kei suna gudana ta cikin bishiyoyin Albany da gandun daji, suna ƙare a cikin bishiyoyin bakin teku na Indiya a bakinsa. Kogin Kei yana da kudancin gandun daji na mangrove a Kudancin Afirka.[1] dazuzzuka masu santsi suna faruwa a arewacin bakin kogin Mngazana, kuma ana samun tafkin gishiri a kudancin bakin kogon Great Kei.[2] Babban bakin kogin Kei ya shahara tare da masu kamun kifi saboda nau'ikan kifi iri-iri. Koyaya, wasu nau'o'in kamar su Cob na Afirka ta Kudu da White steenbras suna cikin haɗari. Ana samun nau'ikan tsuntsaye da yawa a yankin kamar su oystercatcher na Afirka da ke kusa da barazana, sandpipers, da kingfishers.
Jirgin kasa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ƙoƙarin gina gada a kan kogin Kei ya fara ne a shekarar 1877 lokacin da aka tura kayan gini zuwa Gabashin London daga Burtaniya ta hanyar keken shanu da jirgin kasa. An katse aikin a kan gadar sau da yawa saboda rikice-rikice a yankin ciki har da Yakin Yankin 9 inda aka tilasta Newey da tawagarsa su koma Royal Hotel a Komga yayin da mayaƙan Gcaleka suka fara haye Kei don yaƙi. Sojojin Xhosa ne suka kashe wasu 'yan Burtaniya a Moordenaarskop (Murderers" Hill), wani tudu kusa da tsohuwar gada. Daga shekarar 1907 zuwa 1917, an ɗauki layin dogo a kan gadar katako a cikin Great Kei. An lalata gadar katako bayan ambaliyar ruwa kuma an sake komawa layin dogo zuwa sabon gadar da ke kusa. An sake rushe gadar a shekarar 1946 kuma an sake gina ta a 1947. Ya kuma ɗauki shekaru biyu da rabi don kammala ginin gadar.[2] A ƙarshen rikice-rikice, an kammala gadar kuma har yanzu mazauna yankin da manoma suna amfani da ita.[3] Babbar gadar Kei tana kusa da gadar Kei kuma tana cikin Gundumar Amathole. Babbar gadar Kei tana da tsawon kimanin kilomita 0.46.[4]
Dams a cikin Great Kei basin
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Dam din Xonxa a cikin White Kei River (Wit-Kei River).
- Dam din Wriggleswade a kan Kogin Kubusi
- Dam din Bongolo, a cikin Kogin Komani, wani yanki na Kogin Klaas Smits, kanta wani yanki ne na Kogin Black Kei
Babban Kei Pass
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Hanyar N2 ta ratsa Komga da Butterworth a wani yanki da aka sani da Great Kei Pass ko Kei Cuttings . An san shi da yawan haɗari saboda hazo da shanu masu yawo. Wannan ɓangaren N2 ya ratsa Babban Kogin Kei. Kei Cuttings suna cikin ƙasa daga Kei Mouth, Morgans Bay da Chintsa West . [5]
Dubi kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Jerin koguna na Afirka ta Kudu
- Jerin koguna na Afirka ta Kudu
Bayanan da aka ambata
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "The Great Kei River". www.keimouth.co.za. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ↑ "Rail Bridge over the Great Kei River details". www.artefacts.co.za. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kei Cuttings in Butterworth, Eastern Cape". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Great Kei Bridge, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa". za.geoview.info. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kei Cuttings in Butterworth, Eastern Cape". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 16 January 2018.