Tafkin George (Uganda)
| Tafkin George | |
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| General information | |
Height above mean sea level (en)  | 914 m |
| Tsawo | 23 km |
| Fadi | 18 km |
| Yawan fili | 250 km² |
| Vertical depth (en) | 7 m |
| Labarin ƙasa | |
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| Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 0°00′N 30°12′E / 0°N 30.2°E |
| Kasa | Uganda |
| Hydrography (en) | |
| Inflow (en) |
duba
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| Outflows (en) | Kazinga channel |
| Residence time of water (en) | 0.25 a |
| Watershed area (en) | 9,000 km² |
Tafkin George ko Tafkin Katunguru tafki ne a Uganda . Yana da yanki na murabba'in kilomita (97 mi2) kuma yana daga cikin tsarin Great Lakes na Afirka, kodayake ba a dauke shi daya daga cikin Great Lakes ba. Kamar sauran tabkuna a yankin, an sake masa suna bayan wa memba na dangin sarauta na Burtaniya, a wannan yanayin, Yarima George, daga baya ya zama Sarki George V. Tafkin George ya zubar zuwa kudu maso yamma zuwa Tafkin Edward ta hanyar Kazinga Channel.
Yankin da ke kewaye da tafkin yana cike da mutanen Batooro, Basongora, Banyampaka da Banyankore, da sauransu. Dukkanin wadannan kasashe suna magana da yarukan da ke da alaƙa da juna waɗanda galibi ake kira yaren Runyakitara. AKatunguru' kalma ce wacce ke nufin 'onion' kuma duk waɗannan mutane daban-daban suna amfani da ita. Don haka, an san tafkin da Katunguru saboda siffarsa mai kama da albasa.
Mai binciken Welsh Henry Morton Stanley shine Turai na farko da ya ga tafkin a 1875, bayan ya bi hanyar Kogin Katonga daga Tafkin Victoria a lokacin tafiyarsa ta Afirka. Da yake tunanin wani bangare ne na Tafkin Albert, ya sake masa suna Beatrice Gulf . [1] An zubar da shirye-shiryen bincike saboda barazanar rikici da masarautar Bunyoro. A ziyararsa ta biyu zuwa yankin, a cikin 1888 a lokacin Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, Stanley ya gano Tafkin Edward, kuma ya fahimci cewa akwai tabkuna biyu masu zaman kansu, ya ba Tafkin George sunansa na yanzu.
Tafkin George yana a 0°0'N, 30°12'E kuma yana da tsawo na 914 m sama da matakin teku.[2] Kogin da ke gudana daga Dutsen Rwenzori waɗannan sune Rumi, Mubuku da Nsonge tare da fitowa zuwa Tashar Kaziga wanda ke haɗa Tafkin George da Tafkin Edward. [2][3]
| Yankin saman [km2] | 250 |
| Girma [km3] | 0.8 |
| Mafi zurfin zurfi [m] | 4.5 |
| Matsakaicin zurfin [m] | 2.4 |
| Matsayin ruwa | Ba a tsara shi ba |
| Yankin al'ada na sauye-sauyen matakin ruwa na shekara-shekara [m] | 0.1 |
| Lokacin zama [shekara][yr] | 0.3 |
| Yankin da aka kama [km2] | 9,705 |
Muhalli da bambancin halittu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
A watan Maris na shekara ta 1988, an sanya Tafkin George a matsayin yankin Ramsar na farko na Uganda na Muhimmancin Duniya don haka yana jaddada muhimmancin bambancin halittu.[4]
Tafkin yana da eutrophic kuma alkaline saboda algae mai launin shudi-kore wanda ke da nauyi tare da abubuwan gina jiki kuma yana ba da gudummawa ga halayensa na launin kore kamar yadda aka kalli daga tauraron dan adam.[4][5] Yana tallafawa filayen ruwa da bakin teku waɗanda ke da mazauna fiye da nau'in tsuntsaye 150 waɗanda suka haɗa da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun da ba a saba gani ba da kuma Hippopotamuses, giwaye, crocodiles na Nilu da sitatunga antelopes.[4][6][7] Yana da nau'o'in nau'o-nau'i masu mahimmanci ga kamun kifi ciki har da tilapia, nau'o"in cichlids da yawa, da kuma kifi na lung (Protopterus aethiopicus) da nau'ikan kifi da yawa (Bagrus docmac da Clarias gariepinus). [6][8]
Ayyukan ɗan adam da yawon shakatawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Wurin Lake George yana cikin Gidan shakatawa na Sarauniya Elizabeth wanda ya sa ya zama muhimmiyar alama ga yawon shakatawa.[3] Mutanen da ke kewaye da yankin suna rayuwa ne daga kamun kifi kuma don haka sun dogara da sanannun wuraren kamun kiɗa na yankin.[8] Mutane kuma na iya zuwa tafiyar jirgin ruwa, kallon tsuntsaye, tafiyar jirgin sama, da kuma kallon namun daji kamar hippos, tsuntsaye har ma da antelopes a cikin filayen ruwa.[6][9]
Hotuna
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Wild Life at the banks of Kazinga channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kazinga Channel linking Lake George and Lake Edward
Feathers in Flight; Birds Flock Behind Our Boat, Seizing Opportunities on Kazinga Channel.
Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park watching wildlife.
Passenger boats at Kazinga Channel in Kasese district in western Uganda
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Newman, James L.(2004) Imperial Footprints, Potomac Books, ISBN 1-574-88597-9, p. 121
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- 1 2 "Explore the Beauty of Lake George |Uganda |Boat rides |Adventure". Abunda Discoveries Uganda (in Turanci). 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- 1 2 3 "Lake George, Uganda". www.esa.int (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ↑ Ganf, G. G. (1974). "Phytoplankton Biomass and Distribution in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake (Lake George, Uganda)". Oecologia. 16 (1): 9–29. ISSN 0029-8549.
- 1 2 3 "Lake George". Gorilla Trekking Uganda (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ↑ "Lake George". Inside Queen Elizabeth National Park (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- 1 2 "The Case of Lakes Edward-George and Kazinga Channel". Docslib (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ↑ polly (2019-02-25). "Lake George - lake geroge community tour , uganda sites". Queen Elizabeth National Park (in Turanci). Retrieved 2025-08-11.