Ichibi elihle leEmerald Ichibi
Ngaba uyazi ukuba ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha samachibi ehlabathi aseCanada?
Kuqikelelwa ukuba kwiplanethi yonke kukho malunga namachibi azizigidi ezi-3 apho ama-60% ala amachibi aseCanada.
Amachibi maninzi kangangokuba agubungela malunga ne-7,6 yeepesenti yomhlaba. Elona chibi linzulu elizweni lichibi elikhulu lekhoboka, iimitha ezingama-614 ubunzulu.
Phakathi kwamachibi amahle kakhulu, i-Emerald Lake ibonakala, ihlala kwi-Yoho National Park, kwiphondo laseBritish Columbia, eCanada. Lelona likhulu lamachibi kunye namachibi angama-61 eYoho, kunye nolunye lwezona ndawo zibalulekileyo kubakhenkethi epakini.
Indawo yokuhlala kukho i-Emerald Lake Lodge, indawo yokuhlala ephezulu esecaleni kwechibi, ebonelela ngendawo yokuhlala. 5,2 km (3,2 yeekhilomitha) imijikelezo yeendlela zokuhamba ukuya echibini zilungelelanisiwe, isiqingatha sokuqala saso sifikeleleka kwizitulo ezinamavili nakwabahambahambayo. Ngexesha leenyanga zasehlotyeni, iindawo zokuqeshisa ngephenyane ziyafumaneka, kwaye ebusika, eli chibi yindawo ethandwayo yokutyibilika kwiskiya.
Eli chibi lijikelezwe ziintaba zoMongameli u-Range, kunye neMount Burgess kunye neWapta Mountain. Eli bheshi libamba izitshingitshane, zibangele ukunetha rhoqo ehlotyeni kunye nokuwa kwekhephu ebusika. Imithi efumaneka apha ixhaphake ngakumbi kumahlathi afumileyo embindini weBritish Columbia, njengomsedare obomvu osentshona, i-yew yasentshona, i-hemlock yasentshona, kunye ne-pine emhlophe yasentshona.
Ngenxa yokuphakama kwayo okukhulu, eli chibi liqanduselwe ukusuka ngoNovemba ukuya kuJuni. Umbala wamanzi aluhlaza, obangelwa lilitye lekalika, umhle kakhulu ngoJulayi xa ikhephu linyibilika kwiintaba ezikufutshane.
Umntu wokuqala wase-Yuropu ukubeka umbono wakhe echibini le-emerald wayekhokelwa nguTom Wilson, owakhubeka kuwo ngengozi ngo-1882. Ikhonkco lamahashe akhe lasinda, kwaye ngexesha lokulandelwa kwakhe waqala ukungena kule ntlambo. YayinguWilson owanika eli chibi igama lalo ngenxa yombala ophawuleka kakhulu, obangelwe ngamasuntswana amahle e-glacial sediment, ekwabizwa ngokuba luthuli lwerwala, oluxhonywe emanzini.