Tafkin Jipe
Tafkin Jipe tafki ne mai kewaye da iyakokin Kenya da Tanzania . A gefen Kenya, yana kudu da ƙauyen Nghonji yayin da a gefen Tanzaniya, yana cikin Gundumar Mwanga, a Yankin Kilimanjaro. Kogin Lumi ne ke ciyar da tafkin, wanda ke saukowa daga Dutsen Kilimanjaro, da kuma rafi daga Dutsen Arewacin Pare, yana kan gefen leeward.[1] Hanyar tafkin ta samar da Kogin Ruvu.[2] Gidan shakatawa na Tsavo West na Kenya yana kare wani ɓangare na bakin arewacin tafkin, yayin da a gefen Tanzania Mkomazi Game Reserve yana kusa. An san tafkin da kifin da ke cikin yankin, da tsuntsayen ruwa, dabbobi masu shayarwa, tsire-tsire masu laushi da wuraren da ke gefen tafkin, wanda zai iya kaiwa kilomita 2 (1.2 daga bakin tekun Jipe.
Ana iya samun tafkin daga gefen Tanzaniya ta hanyar Hanyar B1 daga ƙauyen Kifaru, kimanin kilomita 40 (25 kudu da babban birnin Yankin Kilimanjaro na Moshi . Jipe ya rufe yanki na kimanin kilomita 30 (12 sq , kuma ya auna kimanin kilomita 12 (19 tsawo da kilomita 3-4 (4.8-6.4 fadi.[1] Jipe ruwa ne mai zurfi na kogin Lumi, wanda daga baya ya zama Kogin Ruvu, kuma ya shiga cikin tafkin Nyumba ya Mungu . Bayan ya haɗu da Kikuletwa rafin yana gudana a matsayin Kogin Pangani a Tekun Indiya a Pangani . Tafkin ba shi da halin yanzu yayin da kogin da ke gudana, ya juya ya sake fitowa. Ana iya sha ruwansa ne kawai bayan an tafasa shi sosai kuma an cire shi. A gefen kudancinsa, duwatsun Ugweno sun tashi 6,000-7,000 feet (1,800-2,100 m), sun bambanta da gefen da ke gaba, wanda yake fili, amma ba a ɗaga shi ba sama da tafkin. Dutsen Kilimanjaro na Kibo Peak ana iya gani daga tafkin.[3]
Yawan jama'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kimanin mutane 120,000 sun dogara da tafkin don rayuwarsu.[1] Mazaunan ƙauyuka da ke kewaye da Tafkin Jipe galibi suna da hannu a kamun kifi, noma da kiwon dabbobi.[1] A kudu maso gabashin babban dutsen akwai karamin yankin noma na Taveta. Ki-taveta shine yaren da Bantu rabin yawan jama'a ke amfani da shi, kuma Maasai shine yaren sauran. Ki-gweno yare ne na yankin arewacin tsaunukan Pare da aka sani da Ugweno (Vughonu ga mazaunanta) zuwa kudancin Tafkin Jipe . Ana amfani da ruwan tafkin don ban ruwa na gonakin da ke kewaye.[4]
Dabbobi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Halin yiwuwar warewa na dogon lokaci daga wasu wuraren da ake ruwa ya nuna ta hanyar kifi da ke cikin tafkin, Jipe tilapia . Ruwan Jipe yana cike da manyan kifi, musamman siluriforms da cyprinoids. Jipe ya samar da tsarin halittu mai wadataccen halittu wanda aka fi sani da tsuntsayen ruwa waɗanda ke yawan zuwa gabarta; waɗannan sun haɗa da storks, egrets, pelicans, spur-winged plovers, ducks, da kuma Egyptian geese. Ƙananan Jacana da African swamphen sun zama ruwan dare a tafkin kuma ana ganin squacco heron na Madagascar, black heron, Darter na Afirka da skimmers na Afirka.[1] Yankin da ke kusa da tafkin yana yawan zuwa da garken wasanni. Hippopotami da aladu na Nilu suna da yawa.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Lake Jipe Awareness Raising Strategy (2005 – 2007)" (PDF). ramsar.org. Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Wildlife Division. May 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ Ndetei, Robert. "The role of wetlands in lake ecological functions and sustainable livelihoods in lake environment: A case study on cross border Lake Jipe - Kenya/Tanzania". Kenya Wildlife Service. p. 163. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named "Johnston1886". - ↑ "Taita Taveta District profile" (PDF). Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-19.