Kogin Swakop

Kogin Swakop
General information
Tsawo	460 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	22°39′42″S 14°37′00″E
Kasa	Namibiya
Hydrography (en)
Tributary (en)	duba Kogin Khan
Watershed area (en)	30,100 km²
River mouth (en)	Tekun Atalanta

Kogin Swakop ya ambaliya kilomita 20 a wajen Swakopmund a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu 2008.

Inda Swakop ya haɗu da Tekun Atlantika (2017). Poles na tsohuwar gadar jirgin kasa da aka gani a gaba.

Kogin Swakop ( Khoekhoe ) babban kogi ne a yammacin tsakiyar Namibia . Mafarinsa yana cikin Khomas Highland . Daga nan yana kwarara zuwa yamma ta cikin garin Okahandja, tashar mishan mai tarihi a Gross Barmen, da kuma matsugunin Otjimbingwe . Daga nan sai ya ratsa hamadar Namib ya isa Tekun Atlantika a Swakopmund ('Bakin Swakop'). Swakop kogi ne mai ɗan lokaci ; kwarararsa tana da kimanin mita cubic miliyan 40 a kowace shekara. Ya isa Tekun Atlantika kwanan nan a cikin 2011, 2022, da 2025.

Kogin Swakop, tare da babban mai ba da gudummawa Khan, yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan koguna masu ruwa na wucin gadi a cikin busassun yammacin Namibia. Yana da tsawon kilomita (290 kuma yana da yanki mai girma 30,100 square kilometres (11,600 sq mi) km2 sq mi) (gami da masu goyon bayansa).

Yankin da ke kusa da bakin kogin da dunes da ke kewaye da su kuma an san su da rayuwar tsuntsaye masu arziki da wasu nau'ikan shuke-shuke masu ban mamaki (kamar Welwitschia) waɗanda ke amfani da hazo na yau da kullun da ke motsawa daga teku don kiyaye kansu ba tare da sauran danshi ba.

Matakan ruwa a yankin sun sauka kusan 0.3 m saboda kasancewar manyan madatsun ruwa guda biyu da aka gina a kan Kogin Swakop.

Duk da kwararar kogin ba daidai ba, ana gudanar da wasu noma a kwarin Kogin Swakop. Don haka, yankin sananne ne ga sabbin kayan sa, musamman Tumatir, asparagus da zaitun. Akwai wasu tsoro na gishiri da uranium (watakila na halitta, watakila daga ma'adinin uranium na Rössing) wanda ke jefa wannan masana'antar noma cikin haɗari.

Magana

Sunan ya fito daga kalmar Khoekhoe Tsoa-xaub, daga tsoa ("anus") da xaub ("Baki"). Sunan ya samo asali ne daga lura da kwararar datti mai launin ruwan kasa mai yawa wanda ke fitowa cikin Tekun Atlantika tare da ruwan sama.

Ilimin ruwa

Swakop yana zubar da wani yanki na 30,100 km² wanda ya kai daga bakin zuwa cikin Tekun Atlantika a Swakopmund a kan Otjimbingwe kuma a gabas zuwa kimanin kilomita 50 daga Okahandja, kuma a kudu zuwa Khomas Highlands a wajen Windhoek. Matsayi mafi girma na ruwa yana a 2,480 m. Ruwan sama na shekara-shekara ya bambanta daga 0 mm a cikin ƙananan ya kai har zuwa 475 mm a gabashin Khomas Highlands. Ruwan sama ya wuce 300 mm a kowace shekara a cikin 39% na yankin da aka kama, kuma har zuwa 80% na ruwan da aka kama yana fuskantar ruwan sama sama sama da 100 mm.      

Dam din Von Bach kusa da Okahandja da Dam din Swakoppoort a yammacin Gross Barmen a saman Swakop suna da matukar muhimmanci ga samar da ruwa na Tsakiyar Namibia. Kamar dukkan koguna, Swakop kuma yana da manyan tushe da manyan wuraren da ke cikin ƙananan. Ruwan da ke cikin ƙasa, duk da haka, sau da yawa yana da gishiri saboda gishiri na ƙasa.

A ƙananan kogin, ambaliyar ruwa ta kara karuwa, saboda karuwar amfani da ƙasa na gandun daji na Swakop. Wannan yana ba da gudummawa ga karfi da sauri da kuma karuwar lalacewar Swakop Marshlands.

Shuke-shuke da dabbobi

Saboda girmansa da fa'idarsa, Swakop yana da yanki daban-daban. 29% na yankin yana cikin highveld Savanna, 28% a cikin thornveld savanna، 34% a cikin hamada da yankin sauyawa na savanna, da 9% a cikin tsakiyar hamadar Namib. A cikin Highlands akwai tsire-tsire masu yawa. A cikin ƙananan ƙananan wurare akwai iyakantaccen tsire-tsire a cikin kwarin Swakop River kanta, tare da tsire-shuke na gallery daga itatuwan ana (Faidherbia albida), tamarisk (Tamarix), ƙaya raƙumi (Acacia erioloba), Salvadora, nau'ikan ɓaure daban-daban, Euclea da kuma taba (Nicotiana spp.), Jimsonweed (Datura) da mesquite (Prosopis spp.) a matsayin nau'in mamaye.