Imodzi mwa madzi akuluakulu otentha omwe adalengedwa ndi chirengedwe, idatsegulidwa mu 1855, pamene David Livingston adafufuzira mkati mwa Africa. Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti Briton wolimba mtima adalemekeza dzikoli ndi anthu ake mwaulemu, ndipo anali mlendo wolemekezeka atsogoleri ambiri a mafuko a ku Africa. Woyendayenda nthawi zonse amatchula malo otseguka a mayina a komweko. Chinthu chokhacho chinapangidwira kokha kwa mathithiwa.
Kutsetsereka kwakukulu
Lero makonzedwe a Victoria Falls amadziwika bwino: 17 ° 55'28 "kum'mwera kwa latitude ndi 25 ° 51'24" kum'mawa kwa longitude.
Panthaŵi ya Livingstone, anthu a mafuko ena adadziŵa komwe Victoria Falls anali. Mnyamatayo mwiniyo anapeza mathithi mwangozi, pamene adachoka ku South Africa kupita kumpoto kudzera ku Bechuanaland (Botswana) ndipo anapita ku Zambezi.
Izi zingawoneke zachilendo, koma Livingstone sanasangalale pamene adapeza, ngakhale kuti adanena kuti Victoria Falls ndi yokongola kwambiri kuti malingaliro otseguka akondweretse angelo. Mu 1855, woyendayendayo asanakhalepo chitsanzo cha kukongola kwa chilengedwe, koma kwenikweni ndi chotchinga chosatha. Mapiri a Victoria Falls ndi osachepera 110 (malinga ndi magetsi 120) mamita, ndipo ali ndi mamita pafupifupi 1657. Kutsetsereka kwa mathithi ndi 2 kuposa msinkhu wa mathithi a Niagara, ndipo mphamvu ya madzi ikuyenda bwino kwambiri moti mchiwiri imadutsamo mathithi mpaka 7,500 cubic meters. Khoma la madzi, oyendayenda omwe anali ogontha komanso olunjika kwenikweni, linkawoneka ngati oyenda pakhoma, kuwateteza kuchokera pamtima. Zolinga za Davide zinali zoti apange njira yopita ku mtima wa Africa, adakonzekera njirayo ndipo adasankha malo abwino okhazikitsa njira yokhotakhota. Koma mathithi omwe analipo ndi omwe analipo adakwaniritsa zolinga zonse za woyenda.
Zozungulira
Malo omwe Victoria akugwera ndiwopsezedwa pamtunda wopangidwa ndi mchenga ndi basalt. Kuphatikiza kwapakati ndi mamita 30. Kumene kuli sandstone ndi basalt, ming'alu imapangidwa. Zambezi ndi mtsinje kumene Victoria akugwa, pakali pano phirilo lifika mamita awiri. Mtsinje ukufika pamphepete mwa ming'alu ndikugwera kuphompho ndi kuthamanga kwakukulu ndi mphamvu. Kuthamanga kwa madzi, kufika pamtunda wa mathithi, kumatuluka mmwamba ndi mtambo wa utsi.
Kufupi ndi mapiri a mitsinje yamadzi, mvuu, njovu ndi mahinje oyera, omwe ali mu Bukhu Loyera, khala moyo. Anthu amderalo ali ndi mathithi otchedwa Chongguet, omwe ndi malo a Rainbow: nthawi zambiri mitsinje yamadzi imakongoletsedwa ndi zibonga ziwiri.
Lerolino, pa mathithi, pali Victoria Falls ndi malo osungirako malo, omwe kuyambira 1952 amaonedwa kuti ndi malo osungirako nyama.
Chodabwitsa cha Dziko
Victoria Falls ku Africa amaonedwa ngati malo okongola kwambiri padziko lapansi. Kusangalala kwambiri ndi malingaliro a mathithi kungakhale pomwepo kuchokera kuzinthu zingapo.
- Fans of sensation yovuta akhoza kuyang'ana mu kuya kwamtunda, ngati muli ndi mzimu wokwanira kukwera ku Bridge of Zoopsa ndikuyang'ana kuphompho pansi pa mapazi anu, kumene madzi ochuluka akungoyendayenda ndi kubuma.
- Mtambo wochuluka womwe umakwera pamwamba pa Victoria Falls ukhoza kuwonekera ngakhale mutachoka pa mathithi pa 64 km. Kutupa kwa mtambo kukudza aliyense ndi chirichonse, kuphatikizapo nkhalango yaying'ono, yomwe ili pamwamba pa mathithi. M'nkhalango pali njira yaying'ono, yomwe aliyense angathe kuyenda kuti azisangalala ndi malingaliro abwino.
- Kuyamikira kwathunthu kukongola ndi kukula kwa mathithi kungakhale kuchokera mlengalenga kapena kuchokera ku raft pansipa. Oyendetsa ndege amapereka mpweya wochepa, womwe umatha kupita pansi ndikuwulukira pamtunda. Okaona malo amanena kuti kukula kwa zozizwitsa zikufanana ndi maulendo okayikira ku Star Wars.