Tafkin R'Kiz

Tafkin R'Kiz
General information
Height above mean sea level (en)	4 m
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	16°52′N 15°17′W
Kasa	Muritaniya

Tafkin R'Kiz ko Rkiz, wanda aka fi sani da Tafkin Cayor ko Cayar, tafki ne a kudancin Mauritania tare da yanki na 12,970 ha.

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1087, an yi yaƙi tsakanin shugaban Serer, Amar Godomat da shugaban Almoravid, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, inda aka ci nasara kuma aka kashe shi.

Muhalli

Tun da yake tafkin yana ciyar da ruwa mai yawa daga Kogin Senegal, a lokacin ruwan sama zai iya ƙaruwa zuwa matsakaicin tsawon kilomita 34 da faɗin har zuwa kilomita 8, yayin da matakin ruwa zai iya canzawa da kusan 4.29 m.  

A cikin marshland tare da iyakarsa, Phragmites da Typha reeds suna girma, waɗanda aka yanke don shayarwa. Akwai nau'ikan macizai da yawa, da ƙananan dabbobi masu shayarwa kamar otters da mongooses. Hakanan ana iya samun aladu masu ƙanƙara. An sanya tafkin a matsayin Muhimmin Yankin Tsuntsaye (IBA) ta BirdLife International saboda yana tallafawa yawan mutanen da ba su da yawa a yammacin maras kyau, da kuma garganeys na hunturu da Pintails na arewa.

Tattalin Arziki

An yi amfani da tafkin don kamun kifi, amma noma ma ya zama ruwan dare.

Kodayake yankin ya ga ayyukan noma da yawa da nufin amfanin manoma duka ta Bankin Ci Gaban Musulunci da Cibiyar Rigakafin Rikicin Abinci, kamar sauran wurare a Mauritania, tun daga shekarar 2017 manyan ɓangarorin yawan mutanen yankin sun ci gaba da shan wahala daga yanayin rayuwa wanda ya dace da bautar zamani.