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Kogin Umfolozi

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Kogin Umfolozi
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Labarin ƙasa
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Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa28°24′S 32°24′E / 28.4°S 32.4°E / -28.4; 32.4
KasaAfirka ta kudu
Hydrography (en) Fassara
Tributary (en) Fassara
River mouth (en) FassaraTekun Indiya

Kogin Umfolozi (wanda kuma ake kira uMfolozi, Imfolozi ko Mfolozi ) kogi ne a KwaZulu-Natal, lardin Afirka ta Kudu . An samar da shi ne ta hanyar haɗuwar kogunan Baƙi ( Imfolozi emnyama ) da Farin Umfolozi ( Imfolozi emhlope ) kusa da iyakar kudu maso gabashin yankin Hluhluwe-Umfolozi . Ana ɗaukar sunan isiZulu imFolozi a matsayin wanda ke kwatanta hanyar zigzag da kuma magudanan ruwa guda biyu, kodayake an bayar da wasu bayanai.

Kogin yana gudana ta hanyar gabas zuwa Tekun Indiya a Maphelana, wani wurin shakatawa na bakin teku kusa da bakin Kogin St Lucia. Da farko ya ratsa ta Monzi Flats, inda ya rabu zuwa hanyoyi da yawa masu gudana a hankali kafin ya shiga Kogin St. Lucia da ke Honeymoon Bend. Ruwan da ke tafiya a hankali da kuma gada a cikin hanyoyin ruwa suna aiki azaman tsarin tacewa na halitta wanda ke cire laka daga ambaliyar ruwan Umfolozi kuma ya samar da wurin zama mai wadata ga nau'ikan halittu da yawa.

Ilimin Halittu

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A shekarun 1950, Ƙungiyar Masu Filaye ta Umfolozi ta yi amfani da hanyar wucin gadi wajen tura kogin ta cikin Monzi Flats don haɓaka gonakin rake . Sabuwar magudanar ruwa ta Umfolozi ta haifar da ruwan da ba a tace ba ya zuba ruwan da ke cikinsa bayan ya shiga cikin kogin St. Lucia mai tafiya a hankali. Wannan ya sa bakin kogin ya yi ambaliya cikin sauri. Akwai rikodin wannan abu ɗaya kawai da ya faru har zuwa wannan lokacin, a lokacin fari mai ɗorewa a shekarun 1930.

Kogi ne mai yawo a hankali, yana da yankin da ke da magudanar ruwa na 11,068 km 3. Faɗin mita 38 ne kusa da bakinsa, tare da gangaren gangara na 0.36 m/km. Matsakaicin diamita na kayan gado shine 0.35 mm ( yashi ). [1]

Matsalolin laka

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Jigilar kogin tana ɗaukar tan miliyan 1.4 na laka da aka dakatar kowace shekara zuwa teku. [1] Gwamnati ta fara aikin haƙa mai tsada a yankin bakin kogin, amma bai yi tasiri ba. Bayan shekaru da yawa na haƙa, shirin na gaba shine hana Kogin Umfolozi shiga bakin kogin St Lucia . An haƙa kogin Umfolozi kai tsaye zuwa teku a Maphelana. Tasirin wannan shawarar ya ci gaba; iska mai ƙarfi daga kogin galibi tana hura shi da iska mai ƙarfi har zuwa arewa har zuwa Tekun Sodwana, 100 kilomita nesa. Sauye-sauyen suna barazana ga reefs na murjani, waɗanda ke samar da wurin zama na kifaye da kuma kare bakin teku. Bugu da ƙari, yana kawo cikas ga kyakkyawan wurin iyo da ake samu a Cape Vidal, wani ɓangare na wurin shakatawa na iSimangaliso Wetland, wani wurin tarihi na UNESCO .

Kifin rawaya mai launin shuɗi (Labeobarbus natalensis) kifi ne da ake samu a Tsarin Kogin Umfolozi da kuma a cikin Umzimkulu, Umkomazi, Tugela da Mgeni . Nau'i ne da aka fi sani da shi a lardin KwaZulu-Natal kuma yana zaune a wurare daban-daban tsakanin tsaunukan Drakensberg da ƙananan yankunan bakin teku. [2]

Hotunan sama

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  1. 1 2 Hanibal Lemma, and colleagues (2019). "Bedload transport measurements in the Gilgel Abay River, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia". Journal of Hydrology. 577. Bibcode:2019JHyd..57723968L. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.123968. S2CID 199099061.
  2. ↑ "Technical Report on the State of Yellowfishes in South Africa 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2012-03-29.