Kogin Caledon

Kogin Caledon
General information
Tsawo	480 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	28°37′03″S 28°42′11″E
Kasa	Lesotho da Afirka ta kudu
Territory	Lesotho
Hydrography (en)
Ruwan ruwa	Orange River basin (en)
River mouth (en)	Kogin Orange

Kogin Caledon ( Sotho ) babban kogi ne da ke tsakiyar Afirka ta Kudu. Jimillar tsawonsa shine 642 km (399 mi), yana tashi a tsaunukan Drakensberg a kan iyakar Lesotho, yana kwarara zuwa kudu maso yamma sannan ya yamma kafin ya haɗu da Kogin Orange kusa da Bethulie a kudancin Jihar Free . Asalin kogin an sanya masa suna Prinses Wilhelminas Rivier a shekarar 1777, ta hannun Kanar RJ Gordon.

Yanayin ƙasa

Asalin Kogin Caledon yana cikin tsohon yankin bantustan na QwaQwa, kusa da kan iyaka da Lesotho, kudu maso yammacin Witsieshoek . Sannan yana kwarara kudu maso yamma yana iyaka da babban birnin Lesotho, Maseru . Yana kafa iyaka tsakanin Afirka ta Kudu da Lesotho kafin ya shiga lardin Free State na Afirka ta Kudu (arewacin Wepener ). Sannan yana kwarara yamma kafin ya haɗu da Kogin Orange kusa da Bethulie a kudancin Free State, kafin ya kwarara zuwa cikin Gariep Madatsar Ruwa . Jimillar tsawonsa ya kai kimanin 480 kilometres (300 mi), kuma kwarinsa yana fuskantar canjin yanayin zafi mai yawa. Ƙasar da ke tsakanin Kogin Caledon da Kogin Orange ta samar da wurin ajiyar yanayi na Tussen-die-Rivire mai girman hekta 22,000.

Kogi

Kogin shine babban tushen ruwa ga Maseru, babban birnin Lesotho, wanda ke kan kogin. A lokacin da ruwan sama bai yi yawa ba, ana iya samun karancin ruwa. Don magance wannan, an ƙirƙiri magudanan ruwa da yawa tare da gine-gine kamar Dam ɗin Muela da Dam ɗin Meulspruit . A shekara ta 2003, an fitar da ruwa daga nan don hana fari .

Kwarin Caledon yana da muhimmanci a tarihin mutanen Basotho . Yankin yana da albarka sosai kuma ana iya noma shi ba tare da ban ruwa ba. Wannan ya sa ya zama abin so kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka haifar da rikici tsakanin Basotho da Boers . Ana noma masara a babban yanki a kwarin Caledon.