Livingstone Falls
| Livingstone Falls | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
Height above mean sea level (en)  | 301 m |
| Tsawo | 350 km |
| Fadi | 4,828 m |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 4°19′19″S 15°12′28″E / 4.32194°S 15.20778°E |
| Bangare na | Kogin Congo |
| Kasa | Jamhuriyar Kwango |
| Territory | Sashen Pool |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Ruwan ruwa | Kongo Basin |
Livingstone Falls (Faransa: Chutes Livingstone; Dutch: Livingstonewatervallen), mai suna ga mai binciken Burtaniya David Livingstone, jerin manyan rapids ne a kan ƙananan Kogin Kongo a yammacin Equatorial Afirka, daga Malebo Pool a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo . [1]
Bayyanawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Livingstone Falls ya ƙunshi jerin rapids da ke sauka mita 270 (900 a cikin kilomita 350 (220 . Sun fara ne a cikin Malebo Pool kuma sun ƙare a Matadi a Bas-Congo. Kogin Kongo yana da na biyu mafi girma a duniya bayan Amazon, wanda ba shi da faduwa ko rapids (sai dai kusa da tushe). Sabili da haka, mafi ƙasƙanci na Livingstone Falls, sune mafi girma a duniya dangane da yawan kwarara - idan mutum ya yarda da waɗannan rapids a matsayin kwararar ruwa. Wani bangare mai ban sha'awa na tsawon kilomita 350 (220 Livingstone Falls shine faɗin tashar. Tashar tana da ƙanƙanta sosai: a cikin shimfidawa da yawa faɗin tashar ƙasa da mita 300 (1,000 kuma ga mafi yawan tsawon tashar ƙasa ne da mita 800 (3,000 a fadin. Wannan tashar ce mai zurfi tun lokacin da kwararar kogin yawanci ta wuce mita 42,000 a kowace dakika (1,500,000 cu ft / s). Bincike a cikin 200 metres (660 ft) da ya nuna cewa sassan tsakanin rapids na iya zama mai zurfi kamar 200 m (700 . [2] Rashin ƙarfi yana raba yawan kifaye daga juna, yana haifar da sababbin nau'o'in su samo asali a kusa da juna.[2]
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kodayake ya binciki saman Kongo, Livingstone bai taba tafiya zuwa wannan ɓangaren kogi ba kuma Henry Morton Stanley ne ya sanya masa suna don girmama shi. Stanley ya bayyana faduwar kamar yadda
"... mafi girman kogin da na taɓa gani. Ɗauki wani yanki na teku da guguwa ta hura, mil huɗu a tsawon da rabin mil a faɗin, kuma ana iya samun kyakkyawan ra'ayi game da raƙuman ruwa masu tsalle-tsalle. Wasu daga cikin kogin suna da tsawon mita 100, kuma daga ɗayan zuwa ɗayan kogin ya nutse. Akwai gaggawar ƙasa a cikin ƙuƙwalwar babban kogin, sannan, ta hanyar ƙarfinsa, babban girgizar ƙasa, babban girgiza shi kawai zai ɗaga sama, har sai ya hau sama da sauri, har sai yana ratsawa da girgizar sama, girgizar ruwa mai tsayi 30 kawai, girgizo da girgizo mai tsayi sama, girgiza ƙasa.[1]
Tun lokacin da faduwar, wanda ya fara da Yellala Falls a saman Matadi, shingen ne ga kewayawa a ƙananan kogin, an gina Matadi-Kinshasa Railway don wuce su.
"Babban Inga" aikin samar da wutar lantarki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Inga Falls a kan Kogin Kongo rukuni ne na rapids a cikin ɓangaren ƙarshe na Livingstone Falls, kilomita 285 (177 bayan Malebo Pool . Kogin Kongo ya faɗi kusan mita 96 a cikin wannan saitin cataracts. Matsakaicin gudana na shekara-shekara a Inga Falls yana da kimanin mita 42,000 a kowace dakika (1,500,000 cu ft / s). Idan aka ba da wannan gudana da faɗuwar mita 96 (315 , yana yiwuwa a lissafa cewa Inga Falls kadai yana da ƙarfin wutar lantarki kusan 40 GW.
A cikin 2014, Inga Falls ita ce shafin yanar gizon manyan tashoshin wutar lantarki guda biyu kuma ana la'akari da ita don babbar tashar samar da wutar lantarki da aka sani da Grand Inga. Aikin Grand Inga, idan an kammala shi, zai zama mafi girman kayan aikin samar da wutar lantarki a Duniya. Yankin aikin na yanzu yana kira ga amfani da ƙimar gudu 26,400 mita a kowace dakika (930,000 cu ft / s) a kan kai na mita 150 (490 ; wannan daidai yake da ƙarfin samarwa na kusan 38.9 GW. Wannan janareta na hydro-electric zai kasance kusan ninki biyu na mai rikodin duniya na yanzu, wanda shine kayan aikin Three Gorges a 22.5 GW a kan Kogin Yangtze a China.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One ISBN 0486256677, Vol. Two ISBN 0486256685
- 1 2 Weisberger, Mindy (12 January 2020). "Dying Fish Revealed Congo Is World's Deepest River". livescience.com. LiveScience. Retrieved 14 January 2020.