Kogin Komati

Kogin Komati
General information
Tsawo	480 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	26°16′01″S 30°07′45″E
Kasa	Mozambik, Afirka ta kudu da Eswatini
Territory	Afirka ta kudu
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Crocodile River (en) Kogin Sabie
Watershed area (en)	50,000 km²
River mouth (en)	Tekun Indiya

Komati Gorge yana kallon kudu

Komati gorge wani kwarin kogi ne a Lardin Mpumalanga a tsakiyar Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ke da dutsen dutse na tsaye wanda ke samar da mazauni ga Dabbobi masu yawa. Komati Gorge yana kusa da al'ummomin Carolina da Machadodorp . kogin Komati yana gudana ta cikin gorge kuma yana ba da kariya ga nau'ikan flora da fauna da yawa, gami da nau'ikan da ke cikin haɗari da yawa da manyan dabbobi. ilimin ƙasa na tsaunuka masu tsaye na gorge yana ba da nau'o'i daban-daban na bayyanar ma'adanai masu launi.

Ilimin ƙasa

A cikin Komati Gorge akwai fallasawa na Tsarin Kromberg da Tsarin Hooggenoeg na sama na Jerin Onverwacht inda ake nuna tarkace, turbidites, da ƙananan launin toka. Har ila yau, akwai bayyanar baƙar fata da fararen banded chert da aka haɗa da basalt kwarara wakiltar gabashin fuska na Black Reef Chert. An nuna tsarin ƙarfe a cikin bluffs.

Muhalli

Dutsen yammacin Komati Gorge.

kogin Komati ya ƙunshi nau'o'i daban-daban na tsire-tsire da dabbobi, gami da manyan nau'o-tsire masu shayarwa. Akwai nau'ikan mazaunin da yawa, gami da yankin riparian, mazaunin bluff, ƙaya bushveld da kuma ciyawa mai tsawo. Kogin yana ba da ruwa ba kawai ga namun daji da tsire-tsire na ruwa ba, har ma yana tallafawa kamun kifi mai ƙarfi na kogi. Dutsen yana tallafawa tsarin halittu na musamman ciki har da ciyayi da suka dace da yanayin dutse mai tsawo na bangarorin gorge. Bugu da ƙari akwai dama mai kyau ga mazaunin tsuntsaye, yana ba da ƙarin kariya daga wasu masu cin nama; alal misali, barazanar kudancin bald ibis yana zaune a waɗannan wuraren zama na dutse.

Dabbobi masu shayarwa sun haɗa da manyan dabbobi masu cin nama da ƙananan dabbobi; alal misali ana iya samun zebra da giraffe a kan bushveld. Eland, Impala da sauran bovids suna da yawa.

Kimanin shekaru miliyan uku da suka gabata, tsarin ilimin ƙasa ya samo asali ne a yankin Komati Gorge, yana samar da ɗayan yanayin halittu mafi ƙarancin duniya kuma mafi haɗari, tsoffin wuraren ciyawa na Afirka. Tare da karuwar ruwan sama a kan lowlands, mamayewar bishiyoyi ya biyo baya, wanda ya zama bushveld na yanayin halittu na lowveld da ke nan.

Samun dama da yanayin

Samun dama daga arewa ne, ta hanyar garuruwan Carolina ko Machadodorp, waɗanda garuruwan ke kusa da babbar hanyar da ke kiwo Johannesburg. Yawancin Komati Gorge sun kasance hamada mai zaman kanta a tarihi, tare da wasu ranching da suka isa a ƙarshen rabin karni na 20. Tun daga ƙarshen karni na 20 an sami iyakantaccen ci gaban gidan haya da wasu gidajen ƙasa.

Ya zuwa shekara ta 2006, ziyarar zuwa Komati Gorge ba ta da tsanani, kodayake an sami wani lamari na kwanan nan na lalata ƙasa ta hanyar hakowa ba bisa ka'ida ba na wasu daga cikin dutsen. Geo-vandalism kalma ce da ke nufin lalatawa, canji ko hakowa a cikin manyan siffofin dutse ko dai don tattara burbushin da ba a ba da izini ba, binciken ma'adinai ko mummunar lalacewa.