Kuqubuka umlilo omkhulu kwiNtaba iKilimanjaro

Kuqhambuke umlilo kumathambeka eNtaba iKilimanjaro ngenjikalanga yangeCawa, ebangela uloyiko kunye nokothuka phakathi kwabantu abahlala kwimithambeka esempuma yeNtaba, eyona ndawo iphakamileyo e-Afrika.

Kude kube ngoMvulo kusasa, umlilo ubusele uqhume kwihlathi leNtaba, kunye neqela lokulwa umlilo elivela kumaziko olondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kunye nabacimi mlilo abasebenza ukuwuthintela.

Umanejala wezonxibelelwano eTanzania National Parks (TANAPA) uMnu Pascal Shelutete uthe oyena nobangela wokuqhambuka komlilo awaziwa njengoko abasemagunyeni bezama ukuwucima.

Umlilo uqale kwindawo yokuphumla yabakhenkethi ekuthiwa yiWhona, utshilo uShelutete kwingxelo ebithunyelwe Twitter.

Utshilo kumyalezo ukuba i-TANAPA engumgcini wentaba izakunika iinkcukacha ezithe vetshe ngoqhambuko.

Ukuqhambuka komlilo kwiNtaba iKilimanjaro kuncitshiswe kakhulu kule minyaka idlulileyo ngokuthatha inxaxheba koluntu kulondolozo lwendalo, nokwandisa iTanzania neKenya.

Ukuqhuma komlilo kwiNtaba iKilimanjaro kunokubangela iziphumo ezibi ikakhulu ezisingqongileyo.

Ukunqongophala kwamanzi kunye nemvula kuluntu lwasekhaya kumathambeka kunye namaqondo obushushu aphakamileyo anyibilikayo ekhephu kwincopho yentaba zezona ngozi ziqaphelekayo kuqhambuko lomlilo, abasemagunyeni kwiNgingqi yaseKilimanjaro apho intaba ikwindawo.

Intaba inyuka ukusuka kumhlaba wefama kumathambeka asezantsi ukuya kumahlathi emvula kunye ne-alpine landscape kwiincopho.

INtaba yeKilimilim ecosystem ixhasa ubomi kubemi abangaphezulu kwezigidi ezibini (2 yezigidi) kumathambeka ayo asezantsi eTanzania naseKenya abaxhomekeke ngqo kwimithombo yentaba, ikakhulu amanzi kunye nemvula kwezolimo nokukhulisa imfuyo.

Ifumaneka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-330 ukusuka kwi-Equator, iNtaba iKilimanjaro egqunywe likhephu itsala abakhenkethi abaphakathi kwama-55, 00 ukuya kuma-60,000 ngonyaka, uninzi lwabo bangabakhweli kunye nabakhenkethi abathanda ubuhle bendawo.

Le ntaba yeyona ndawo iphambili kubakhenkethi eTanzania ilandelwa yiSerengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater kunye nezinye iipaki zezilwanyana zasendle.

I-Kilimanjaro yenye yeentaba ezihamba phambili kunye nezizimeleyo kwihlabathi, kwaye iqulathe iincopho ezintathu ezizimeleyo zeKibo, Mawenzi kunye neShira. Ummandla wonke weentaba ungaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-4,000.

Yenziwe iminyaka engama-750,000 ngogqabhuko-dubulo lwentaba-mlilo, iNtaba iKilimanjaro yathatha utshintsho oluninzi lwejoloji iminyaka engama-250,000, kwaye izinto ezikhoyo zenziwa kwiminyaka engama-500,000 XNUMX eyadlulayo emva kwenani leziphithiphithi kunye neenyikima, idatha yedatha.