Kogin Luvua
| Kogin Luvua | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Tsawo | 350 km |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 6°45′41″S 26°57′26″E / 6.7613888888889°S 26.957222222222°E |
| Kasa | Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango |
| Territory |
Haut-Katanga Province (en)  da Tanganyika Province (en) |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Tributary (en) |
duba
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| Watershed area (en) | 265,300 km² |
| Ruwan ruwa | Kongo Basin |
| Tabkuna | Tafkin Mweru |
| River mouth (en) | Kogin Congo |
Kogin Luvua (ko kogin Lowa ) ( Swahili ) kogi ne a Lardin Katanga na Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kongo (DRC). Yana kwarara daga ƙarshen arewacin Tafkin Mweru a kan iyakar Zambia da Kongo a arewa maso yamma na tsawon 350 kilometres (220 mi) zuwa ga haɗuwa da Kogin Lualaba da ke gaban garin Ankoro . Lualaba ya zama Kogin Congo a ƙarƙashin Ruwan Boyoma .
Hanyar da ake ciki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Tafkin Mweru, a tsawo na kimanin mita 1,000 (3,300 , tafkin ambaliyar ruwa ne wanda aka kafa ta hanyar rushewa inda iska ta kwashe alluvium.[1] Kogin Luvua ya bar arewacin ƙarshen tafkin a Pweto a cikin DRC.[2] Kogin yana gudana kusan kilomita 350 (220 arewa maso yamma zuwa Ankoro, inda ya haɗu da Lualaba.[3] Tsakanin kogin yana da toshewa ta hanyar jerin rapids, torrents da cataracts yayin da yake saukowa daga tudu zuwa cikin Congo Basin . [4] A Piana Mwanga ana amfani da faduwar don samar da wutar lantarki ga ma'adinan Manono da Kitotolo. Ana iya kewaya kogin a cikin jiragen ruwa masu zurfi na kilomita 160 (99 na ƙananan hanyar da ke ƙasa da Kiambi.[3] Luvua yana da mafi girma tsakanin Maris da Mayu, tare da raguwa sosai tsakanin Satumba da Nuwamba.[5]
Rashin ruwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Kogin Kongo yana da siffar babban, mai zurfi. Ruwan Luvua ya fashe ta gefen kudu maso gabashin wannan saucer, yana kawo ruwa daga ruwa na Mweru-Bangweulu.[6] Ruwan Luvua yana zubar da yanki sama da kilomita 218,000 (84,000 sq , wanda yawancin su a wani lokaci wani ɓangare ne na ruwan Zambezi.[6] Akwai shaidar dabbobi masu ƙarfi game da kwandon Luvua wanda ya taɓa kasancewa wani ɓangare na tsarin Zambezi, tare da nau'ikan kifi da yawa waɗanda suka zama ruwan dare a cikin tsarin Zambez kuma ana samun su a cikin Luvua.[6] Dabbobin Kongo sun shiga cikin Luvua a cikin Tafkin Mweru, amma Mambatuta Falls ya toshe su daga shiga cikin Tafkin Bangweulu. Canjin ya faru ne a farkon Tertiary.[1]
Ka'idar ruwan Congo
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Wasu masu ilimin ƙasa suna la'akari da cewa Luvua wani bangare ne na Kogin Kongo. Sun sanya asalin Kongo a cikin tsaunuka tsakanin Tanzania da Zambia, inda Kogin Chambeshi ya samo asali, yana gudana kudu maso yamma zuwa Tafkin Bangweulu. Daga wannan tafkin Kogin Luapula ya fito kuma yana gudana zuwa arewa sama da kilomita 500 (310 zuwa Tafkin Mweru. Kogin Luvua ya fita daga tafkin Mweru kuma yana gudana a arewa maso yamma don shiga Kogin Lualaba, wanda ya zama Kogin Kongo a ƙasa.[7] Wasu suna cewa Kongo ta fara ne inda Lualaba da Luvua suka hadu.[8] Tattaunawar bi da Lualaba a matsayin babban ruwa, kodayake ya fi guntu, shi ne cewa yana da sau biyu na ruwa a inda ya haɗu da Luvua.[7]
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kwarin Luvua na sama shine gidan Mutanen Bwile. Wani lokaci bayan 1810 Kumwimbe Ngombe, mai mulkin Luba Kingdom, ya ci yankin.[9] Mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje da mai bincike na Turai David Livingstone "ya gano" Tafkin Mweru a 1867, kuma ya kafa ka'idar cewa Luvua ya gudana zuwa Upper Nile. Sai kawai bayan mutuwar Livingstone ne Henry Morton Stanley a cikin balaguronsa na 1874-1877 ya nuna cewa kogin a zahiri ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga Kongo.[10] Farawa a shekara ta 1891, wani Swahili mai suna Shimba ya kaddamar da jerin tafiye-tafiye na bautar da suka rage yawan jama'a a yammacin Tekun Mweru. Shimba ya haɗu da sojoji tare da wani Swahili mai suna Kafindo wanda ya dogara da Luvua na sama kuma ya kai hari ga mai mulkin Yeke na yankin. Wadannan hare-haren sun ci gaba har sai Belgian Braseur ya isa kuma ya fara "saucin" yankin, wanda manyan kasashen Turai suka amince da shi na Belgium ne.[9]
A shekara ta 2000, a lokacin Yaƙin Kongo na Biyu, sojojin gwamnati sun sha kashi sosai a hannun sojojin Rwanda a Pweto, a asalin kogin. Sojojin DRC sun kawo mafi yawan motocinsu masu dauke da makamai a fadin kogi. Akwai jirgin ruwa guda ɗaya, kuma ba su da isasshen lokaci don kwashe motocin kafin 'yan Rwandan su iso. Sojoji sun ɗora tankin T-62 ba tare da la'akari ba, kuma jirgin ya fadi ya nutse. Rwandan sun sami tankuna 33, da sauran motoci, waɗanda sojojin DRC suka yi ƙoƙarin ƙonewa.[11]