Victoria Falls ndi wotchuka padziko lonse lapansi ndipo nthawi zonse amakopa alendo ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi mathithi aakulu kwambiri ku Africa. Anthu a kumeneko amachitcha kuti "Mosi-oa-Tunja", kutanthauza "Kutulutsa utsi". Victoria ndi imodzi mwa zochitika zodziwika kwambiri komanso zapadera ku Africa.
Dera la mathithi ndilopakati pa mayiko awiri - Zambia ndi Zimbabwe. Kuti mumvetse komwe Victoria akugwa, muyenera kuona komwe malire a pakati pa awiriwa akunena zabodza. Amagawaniza maiko mwachindunji motsatira njira ya Mtsinje wa Zambezi, kudutsa mathithi.
Mbiri ya dzina la Victoria Falls
Dzina lake linaperekedwa kwa mathithiwa ndi David Livingston, mpainiya ndi woyendayenda. Analinso mzungu woyamba, amene maso ake mu 1885 anali ndi malingaliro odabwitsa a mathithi. Anthu okhala mmudzimo ankachititsa kafukufukuyo kuti akafike ku mathithi aatali kwambiri ku Africa. David Livingston anali wokondwa kwambiri ndipo anadabwa ndi lingaliro lomwe nthawi yomweyo ankatcha mathithi polemekeza Mfumukazi ya England.
Geography ya Victoria Falls
Ndipotu, Victoria Falls si mathithi aakulu kwambiri padziko lapansi. Mphepete mwa madzi othamanga kwambiri anapita kwa Angel Falls ku Venezuela (mamita 979). Koma mfundo yakuti khoma la madzi likuyenda mtunda wa makilomita awiri limapangitsa kuti mathithiwa akhale ndi madzi ambiri padziko lapansi. Mapiri a Victoria Falls amakhala aakulu kwambiri kuposa mathithi a Niagara . Chiwerengero ichi chimasiyanasiyana kuyambira mamita 80 kufika 108 pambali zosiyana siyana. Kutaya madzi ochulukirapo mofulumira kuphulika muchitsime chachilengedwe chomwe chimapangidwa ndi mathithi, ndipo amatha kukwera mpaka mamita 400. Mphamvu yomwe imapanga ndi kubvunda kwakuyenda mofulumira kumveka ngakhale pamtunda wa makilomita 50.
Victoria Falls ali pamtsinje wa Zambezi pafupifupi pakati pake. Madzi otsetsereka madzi amachoka pamphepete mwa mtsinje waukulu womwe umagwera mchigawo chophatikizana cha mapiri, ndipo m'lifupi mwake ndi mamita 120.
Sangalalani pa Victoria Falls
M'dzinja, nyengo yamvula imatha, madzi a mumtsinjewo amachepetsedwa. Panthawi imeneyi, mukhoza kuyenda kumalo ena a mathithi. Nthawi zonse, mathithi akuimira mtsinje wamphamvu womwe umatha mvula yamadzi 546 miliyoni pamphindi iliyonse.
Nyengo youma imakopa alendo ambiri kumalopo chifukwa chifukwa cha nthawi imeneyi, mumatha kusambira padziwe lachilengedwe lomwe limatchedwa satana. Ndipo izi sizosadabwitsa, chifukwa "Mawu a Mdyerekezi" pa Victoria akugwa. Powonongeka mmenemo, mungathe kuona momwe, pamtunda wa mamita ochepa chabe kuchokera kumapiri, kutuluka madzi akuphulika. Kuchokera m'mapiri, dziwe laling'ono la mita khumi limagawanika ndi kanyumba kakang'ono. Komabe, pamene madzi a Zambezi akhalanso, Ubatizo wa "Diabolosi" watsekedwa, chifukwa ulendo wake ukhoza kuopseza moyo wa alendo.
Komanso pakati pa mafilimu a masewero ovuta kwambiri zosangalatsa zambiri ndi "bungee jumping". Izi sizikutanthauza kuti kudumphira pa chingwe molunjika kumadzi otentha a Victoria Falls ku Africa. "Bungee jumping" ikuchitika kuchokera pa mlatho womwe uli pafupi ndi mathithi. Kwa munthu amene akufuna kuika pangozi, amavala zingwe zapadera komanso amaonetsa kuti aponyedwa kuphompho. Pambuyo pa kuthawa kwaulere, pafupifupi pamwamba pa madzi, zingwe zimayambira ndipo posachedwa zimaima. Okaona malo opanda mantha amapeza zochitika zambiri zatsopano komanso zosayerekezeka.
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