Tafkin Chala
| Tafkin Chala | |
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| General information | |
| Tsawo | 3 km |
| Fadi | 2.4 km |
| Yawan fili | 4.2 km² |
| Volume (en) | 340,000,000 m³ |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 3°19′S 37°42′E / 3.32°S 37.7°E |
| Kasa | Tanzaniya da Kenya |
| Territory | Yankin Kilimanjaro |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Watershed area (en) | 3.38 km² |
Tafkin Chala, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Tafkin Challa, wani tafki ne mai rami [1] wanda ke ratsa kan iyakar Kenya da Tanzania. Tafkin ya samo asali kimanin shekaru 250,000 da suka gabata. [2] Tafkin yana gabashin Dutsen Kilimanjaro, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) arewa da Taveta, Kenya, da 55 kilometres (34 mi) gabashin Gundumar Rombo. Tafkin yana kewaye da wani babban rami mai tsayi wanda tsayinsa ya kai 170 metres (560 ft). [3]
Matsakaicin ruwan sama na Tafkin Chala na shekara-shekara yana da kimanin 565 millimetres (22.2 in). [4] :215Matsakaicin ƙafewar ruwa a saman tafkin a kowace shekara yana kusan 1,735 millimetres (68.3 in). [4] Kimanin kashi 80 cikin 100 na kwararar tafkin ta fito ne daga ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa, wanda galibi ana samunsa ne daga ruwan sama a yankin dajin tsaunuka na Dutsen Kilimanjaro a tsayin 1,800 to 2,800 metres (5,900 to 9,200 ft). Yana ɗaukar kimanin watanni uku kafin ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa ya isa tafkin. [4] :221Ruwan ƙarƙashin ƙasa yana kwarara zuwa cikin tafkin a kimanin girman 8,390,000 cubic metres (296,000,000 cu ft) daga 1964 zuwa 1977. [5]
Ilimin Halittu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Kifin da aka fi sani da shi a wannan tafkin shine Tafkin Chala tilapia (Oreochromis hunteri), wanda ba a samunsa a wani wuri a duniya. [6] [7] Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wanda ke fuskantar barazanar rayuwa sakamakon IUCN, [8] kuma yanzu ya fi sauran nau'ikan tilapia da aka shigar a Tafkin Chala yawa. [9]
Wata 'yar Birtaniya mai shekaru 18 ta mutu a shekarar 2002 sakamakon wani ƙaramin kada a kogin Nile yayin da take iyo da daddare a cikin tafkin.[10][11] Bayan 'yan kwanaki, Hukumar 'Yan sandan Kenya ta ce tafkin ya cika da kada, yayin da Hukumar Kula da Namun Daji ta Kenya ta ce, "Ana samun kada a tafkin Chala kuma ba a ɗaukarsa a matsayin amintaccen wurin iyo kwata-kwata." [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]
Duba kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Mutanen Chaga
- Jerin tafkuna na Kenya
- Jerin tafkuna na Tanzaniya
- Gundumar Rombo
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Tanzania » Places Of Interest » Lake Chala". go2africa.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ↑ Jorunn Dieleman; Moritz Muschick; Wanja Dorothy Nyingi; Dirk Verschuren (4 April 2018). "Species integrity and origin of Oreochromis hunteri (Pisces: Cichlidae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Tanzania-Kenya)" (PDF). Hydrobiologia. Advances in Cichlid Research III. 832: 12. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3570-7. S2CID 4591524. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ↑ Christian Wolff; Iris Kristen-Jenny; Georg Schettler; Birgit Plessen; Hanno Meyer; Peter Dulski; Rudolf Naumann; Achim Brauer; Dirk Verschuren; Gerald H. Haug (2014). "Modern seasonality in Lake Challa (Kenya/Tanzania) and its sedimentary documentation in recent lake sediments" (PDF). Limnology and Oceanography. 59: 1621. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1621.
- 1 2 3 J. Moemaut; D. Verschuren; F. Charlet; I. Kristen; M. Fagot; M. De Batist (13 January 2010). "The seismic-stratigraphic record of lake-level fluctuations in Lake Challa: Hydrological stability and change in equatorial East Africa over the last 140 kyr" (PDF). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 290 (1–2): 214–223. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.023. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ↑ B. R. Payne (1982). "Radioisotopes for the Estimation of the Water Balance of Lakes and Reservoirs" (PDF). Tracer Methods in Isotope Hydrology. International Atomic Energy Agency: 161. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Oreochromis hunteri". fishbase.org. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ Dieleman, J.; M. Muschick; W.D. Nyingi; D. Verschuren (2019). "Species integrity and origin of Oreochromis hunteri (Pisces: Cichlidae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Kenya–Tanzania)". Hydrobiologia. 832 (1): 269–282. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3570-7. S2CID 4591524.
- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Oreochromis hunteri". International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ Moser, F.N.; J.C. van Rijssel; B. Ngatunga; S. Mwaiko; O. Seehausen (2019). "The origin and future of an endangered crater lake endemic; phylogeography and ecology of Oreochromis hunteri and its invasive relatives" (PDF). Hydrobiologia. 832 (1): 283–296. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3780-z. S2CID 52944759.
- ↑ Adrian Blomfield (14 March 2002). "British girl 'killed by rare dwarf crocodile'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ James Astill (12 March 2002). "Girl's body found in crocodile lake". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
