Kwintliziyo yehlathi le Venezuela obunye bobutyebi bendalo beli lizwe nawo wonke uMzantsi Melika ufihliwe I-Angel Falls, eyona ngxangxasi iphakamileyo ehlabathini ngokuwa kweemitha ezingama-979. Amaxesha ali-17 ngaphezulu kweedolophu zaseNiagara ezidumileyo!
Lo mmangaliso wabhengezwa Ilifa lemveli lomntu ngu-unesco ngo-1994 yenye yezona ndawo zinomtsalane kubakhenkethi baseVenezuela, ezibekwe kwi Ipaki yeSizwe eKanaima, kufutshane nomda waseBrazil. Nazi iinyani ezinomdla ngale ndawo eza kukumangalisa:
Ukufumanisa kunye nokuhlola
I-Angel Falls yasekwa kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo, kodwa yahlala ifihliwe emehlweni abantu kude kube kumaxesha akutshanje.
I-Angel Falls: Ingxangxasi ephezulu kakhulu emhlabeni (979 m)
- Yaziwa ngumntu ukususela kumaxesha amandulo, i abemi babhaptiza ingxangxasi enomtsalane ngegama le Kerepakupai Meru, ngolwimi lwePemón kuthetha «Ingxangxasi yeyona ndawo inzulu».
- Nangona kunjalo, ukufunyanwa okusemthethweni kwale ndawo akwenzekanga kude kube ngo-1927, xa ubukho bayo babhalwa ngabahloli bamazwe baseSpain. UFélix Cardona noJuan María Mundó kuhambo lwakhe lokuya Uyen.
- Igama elithi "Angel Falls" livela kwiAmerican aviator Ingelosi kaJimmy. Lo mntu wayetyelele ngaphakathi wehlelwa yinqwelomoya ngo-1937 ngelixa wayebhabha kuloo ndawo, kwanyanzeleka ukuba afike ngokukhawuleza kwithafa elikufutshane. Ukusukela ngoko, ifani yakhe yayihlala inxulunyaniswa nengxangxasi eyaziwayo.
- Ngomnyaka we-1949 ekugqibeleni uhambo lwe- Umbutho weSizwe weJografi kumiselwe ukuphakama kwangempela kokutsiba: iimitha ezingama-979, ezingama-807 zazo zingukuwa okungaphazanyiswa. Amanzi abaleka evela phezulu ku a tepui ebekwe kwiimitha ezili-1.283 ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle.
- Ngo-2009 umongameli waseVenezuela UHugo Chavez ibhengeze injongo yayo yokutshintsha ngokuqinisekileyo igama elisemthethweni leAngel Falls kwigama lendawo Kerepakupai Meru, nangona esi sigqibo singakhange siphumelele.
Iimuvi eziphefumlelwe yiAngel Falls
Ngenxa yobuhle bayo kunye nomtsalane wayo, lo mmangaliso wendalo usebenze njengokhuthazo lweminye yemiboniso bhanyabhanya.
- I-Angel Falls ibonakala okokuqala kwiscreen esikhulu kwifilimu Ngaphandle kwamaphupha (1998), eneenkwenkwezi URobin Williams. Kuyo, umlinganiswa ophambili uboniswa ukutsiba kwisithuba esivela phezulu kwitepui ngaphandle kokufumana monakalo.
- Imveliso yoopopayi Dinosaur (2000) nguDisney wasebenzisa imifanekiso yeCanaima National Park kunye neAngel Falls kuseto lwefilimu.
- Kwenye ifilimu yeDisney, Up (2009), indlu ephaphazelayo iphela ifika kwindawo ebizwa Iparadesi Falls, icace gca kwi-Angel Falls.
- Ifilimu eyaziwayo avatar (2009) eyalelwe ngu James Cameron Uye waphefumlelwa yimimandla yale paki kunye nomfanekiso wengxangxasi eyaziwayo yoyilo lwejografi yeplanethi Pandora, apho isenzo senzeka khona.
- Iimpawu ezininzi ezivela kumdlalo bhanyabhanya Indawo yokuqhekeza (2015) badutyulwa eKanaima nakwi-Angel Falls (jonga ividiyo engentla).
Uhambo oluya kwiAngel Falls
Ndwendwela iAngel Falls
Ukuze ukwazi ukuncoma le ndawo ikhethekileyo kwiplanethi kufuneka ube nomoya othile wokufuna. Indawo entsonkothileyo kunye nemozulu zizinto ezibeka uvavanyo kumhambi.
- Ukufikelela kwiiNgxangxasi zeAngel kunzima kwaye kwiimeko ezithile kuyingozi. Akunakwenzeka ukuba ufike apho ngokwakho, ke kuphela kwendlela yokusebenzisa iinkonzo ze umqhubi wabakhenkethi ogunyazisiweyo de ISanta Elena de Uairén, kwisiXeko saseGuyana o UCiudad Bolívar.
- Olona khetho lukhawulezayo nolona luhle (kodwa olona lubiza kakhulu) yi ihelikopta okanye uhambo lwendiza, ekwavumela ukuba uncome ubuhle be-massif evela emoyeni, ubuhle be-tepuis kunye nezinye iingxangxasi ezikuloo ndawo.
- Indawo yokuqala kukhenketho lomhlaba yinkampu eyenzelwe le njongo kwiKanaima Park. Emva kokunyuka umlambo, kuya kufuneka uthathe uhambo ukuya umbono obekwe kanye phambi kwengxangxasi. Umzamo, nangona kunjalo, kufanelekile. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba olu hambo zinokwenzeka kuphela phakathi kwenyanga kaJuni neyoMnga, xa umlambo unzulu ngokwaneleyo ukuvumela amaphenyane omthonyama asePemón ukuba ahambe.
- I-Angel Falls ifunyanwa rhoqo efihliweyo phakathi kwamafu kunye nenkungu, ngenxa yoko ayisoloko ibonakala kwiindwendwe.