Twin Peaks (Placer County, California)
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Twin Peaks dutse ne 8,878 feet (2,706 m)* dutsen koli biyu a Placer County, California, Amurka.
Bayani
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Twin Peaks yana mil hudu yamma da Tahoe Pines da Lake Tahoe, tare da iyakar da sashin Gudanar da Basin Tahoe ya raba tare da Babban Hafsan Hamadar Granite . Tana kan iyakar tsaunin Saliyo Nevada, tare da hazo mai gudana daga kololuwar gabas zuwa tafkin Tahoe, da yamma zuwa kogin Rubicon ta hanyar Bear Pen Creek.[1] Taimakon Topographic yana da matsakaici yayin da taron ya tashi sama da 2,400 feet (730 m) sama da Canyon na Blackwood a cikin 1.5 mil. Ƙwayoyin Blackwood da Ward, waɗanda kowannensu ke kusa da Twin Peaks kuma ya ƙare a tafkin Tahoe, glaciers ne suka kafa su. Yankin ski na Alpine Meadows yana da mil uku a arewa da Twin Peaks. Titin Tahoe Rim yana ratsa kudu da gangaren kololuwa kuma Tekun Pacific Crest Trail ya ratsa gangaren yamma, wanda ke ba da zaɓuɓɓukan kusanci. Hukumar Amurka akan Sunaye na Geographic ta karbe ta a hukumance na wannan siffa ta filaye. Asalin sunan shi "Twin Peak" ne ta Binciken Wheeler a cikin 1870s kuma ya bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafe tun aƙalla 1891.[2]
Yanayi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Dangane da tsarin rarraba yanayi na Köppen, Twin Peaks yana cikin yankin yanayi mai tsayi.[3] Yawancin yanayin yanayin gabas sun samo asali ne daga Tekun Pasifik kuma suna tafiya gabas zuwa tsaunukan Saliyo. Yayin da gabas ta gabatowa, kololuwar kololuwa na tilasta su zuwa sama ( orographic lift ), yana sa su sauke danshinsu a cikin nau'in ruwan sama ko dusar ƙanƙara a kan kewayon.
